Walkinshaw Statement on Trump’s Proposed Federal Employee Pay Freeze

Washington, D.C., August 31, 2026
Washington, D.C. – Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), co-chair and founder of the Federal Workforce Caucus, released the following statement on President Trump's proposal to freeze federal employee pay in 2027.

“Freezing federal employee pay in 2027 would be the latest in a long line of attacks on the federal workforce by the Trump administration.

Federal workers have already absorbed firings, DOGE chaos, and repeated efforts to strip away their civil service protections. Now, with prices rising at 3.4 percent over the past 12 months, a zero percent raise asks them to absorb a pay cut too.

That is why I am going to keep fighting for the FAIR Act to give federal employees the 4.1 percent pay increase they deserve."


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