DEMS imposes barriers to prevent Trump from relocating Fed agencies outside DC
A group of Democratic delegates and senators are introducing legislation aimed at preventing President Donald Trump’s efforts to relocate federal agencies outside Washington, D.C., and the president has taken steps to start doing it.
The Trump administration’s guidance issued in February directed federal agencies to submit any proposed agency bureau and office relocation by April 14, which is related to the president’s broader efforts to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse within the federal government.
Two companion bills for House Democrats seek to require agencies to conduct a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis with Congress and the public before any relocation.
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A worker removed the U.S. international development marker outside its Washington, D.C.-based headquarters on February 7. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
“Everyone stands here, every colleague of mine wants to get rid of fraud, waste and abuse…but this kind of remark [from the administration] Rep. Steny Hoyer said at a press conference at the Capitol that it was a cover for the directors of the interests of the United States and violated the interests of the United States of America.
D-Md. “All of this is aimed at the goal of exhausting the federal labor force and eliminating the U.S. government,” Rep. Jamie Raskin added. “That’s the philosophy that drives the whole thing.”
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Maryland Democrats have introduced a bill in the House and Senate to prevent President Trump from working at federal agencies outside Washington, D.C. (Getty Images/Fox News)
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, had previously proposed the “relocation cost law” in 2020 and 2023.
“We hope [the bill] “It's unnecessary, but it's unnecessary,” Van Hollen said in a news conference. “To stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk from wasting U.S. taxpayer dollars by undermining the services the U.S. public relies on.”
