Walkinshaw Statement on Trump Administration’s Band-Aid Solution to Rebuild Federal Tech Talent

Washington, December 16, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) issued the following statement responding to the Trump administration’s new U.S. Tech Force program.

“I’m glad the Trump Administration now recognizes the need for skilled technologists in the federal government. Unfortunately, they spent the past year firing or forcing out thousands of them.

Elon Musk took a wrecking ball to the federal workforce, hollowing out career expertise and replacing it with DOGE bros and chaos. In the process, critical institutional knowledge was lost, and Americans’ personal information was put at risk.

The damage runs deep, and it will take far more than a handful of new hires to repair what was broken.”

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