Kaine Statement on Mass Firing of Federal Workers from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s decision to fire an additional 10,000 full-time federal workers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which administers critical programs like Medicare and Medicaid:

“President Trump is so dead-set on funding tax giveaways for billionaires that he’s scrambling to cut corners within the federal government—even if that means risking the health and well-being of Americans that rely on Medicare, Medicaid, and critical research initiatives by slashing HHS. That’s despicable, and the American people see right through it.”

In addition to health insurance programs like Medicare and Medicaid, HHS oversees critical public health research, public health emergency preparedness, prescription drug approvals, and more.

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