WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday evening, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) joined Jen Psaki to discuss the current Administration’s very disturbing witch hunt targeting the federal workforce and the dangerous rhetoric of Health and Human Service Secretary Nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “And as you mentioned these are, in so many cases, apolitical civil servants who are serving our country, and what we’re seeing now is really devastating. It’s devastating,” said Senator Alsobrooks. “It’s not just the FBI but you can just see, really, we can’t consider it in a vacuum. The witch hunt that we’ve seen regarding our federal employees.” “These are people, many of whom,

During his first days on the job, EPA Administrator Zeldin rubber stamps Trump’s crippling funding freeze, threatens jobs, jeopardizes infrastructure projects, and violates federal law WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) joined all Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee in demanding answers from newly-confirmed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin about the agency’s freezing of Congressionally appropriated funds, including those that have already been obligated.  According to public reporting, the EPA sent letters to grant recipients explaining it was pausing “all funding actions related to” the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.  Not only are

WASHINGTON – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) and her colleagues on the Aging Committee are issuing a dire warning to the President’s Administration. Earlier this week, Trump offered federal workers the option to resign and continue to receive full pay and benefits until September 30th, 2025, even though many federal agencies – including the Social Security Administration, which processes Social Security applications – are facing staffing shortages. Further reducing staffing through the buyout programs could force seniors to wait longer to receive assistance and benefits. “I am deeply frustrated that this Administration is choosing to target federal workers, hardworking Americans, in what I will only describe as