Walkinshaw Slams Trump Budget for Freezing Federal Pay and Slashing Funding for Key Agencies

Washington, D.C. , April 3, 2026
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), Co-Chair and Founder of the Federal Workforce Caucus, slammed President Trump's FY2027 budget request for freezing civilian federal employee pay while slashing funding for key federal agencies.

“For 15 months, the Trump administration has attacked federal employees through reckless DOGE policies, used them as political leverage through two shutdowns, and offered a meager 1% raise in the current fiscal year. This budget continues that pattern with an insulting pay freeze, chainsaw slashes to key federal agencies, and no meaningful investment to retain the workforce that continues to serve the American people despite the abuse from the Administration and Republican Congress.

The nonpartisan public servants who continue showing up to work, even after this Administration has repeatedly shoved them to the side, choose public service over bigger private sector paychecks. As Co-Chair and Founder of the Federal Workforce Caucus, I will keep fighting to deliver exactly that through the FAIR Act, which provides a 4.1% raise grounded in real economic data and the statutory FEPCA formula."

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