Andrea Hsu
speaker
1,135 appearances
153 recordings
3 series
first heard Oct 2024
last heard 18 Sep
Andrea Hsu’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Andrea Hsu, NPR News.
President Trump has said repeatedly that he's cutting Democrat programs, his words.
And some of the offices that we know have been targeted for cuts are indeed things that Democrats have championed, like offices that worked on energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.
An Energy Department spokesperson told NPR that these are offices that, and I'll quote here, played a major role in the Biden administration's war on American energy.
Unions representing federal employees have asked the court to halt the layoffs already underway and to stop federal agencies from issuing new layoff notices.
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They argue that the Trump administration has overstepped its authority in telling agencies to carry out the reductions in force or RIFs amid the shutdown.
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The Trump administration argues the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the case and that such matters ought to be taken to the federal agencies set up by Congress to hear challenges to RIFs.
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Meanwhile, President Trump continues to blame Democrats for the shutdown and says it's an opportunity for him to end, quote, Democrat programs, those he never wanted and will probably never allow back.
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Andrea Hsu, NPR News.
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The lawsuit originated with a memo issued by the White House Office of Management and Budget a week before the shutdown.
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It suggested that the Trump administration might permanently lay off some federal workers instead of temporarily furloughing them if funding for the government lapsed.
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Unions representing more than 800,000 federal employees sued the budget office and its director, Russell Vogt, to block any shutdown-related layoffs.
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The unions argue that the Trump administration has no authority in a shutdown to get rid of government functions mandated by Congress.
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They also argue that the White House is violating federal law by requiring federal employees to perform work related to a reduction in force during the lapse in funding.
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Andrea Xu, NPR News.
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Charlotte Slayman works for the Federal Trade Commission and is a member of the National Treasury Employees Union.
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She says federal workers need to take care of each other right now, given what they've been through.
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Seeing important work they've been doing denigrated or halted, being unable to do the jobs they were hired to do for the public, she spoke in her personal capacity.
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The White House continues to blame Democrats for the impasse.
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In a statement, spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said the administration was encouraging Democrats to, quote, stop the pain and reopen the government.
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