Washington, D.C. – Today, Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) sent a letter to the Acting Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), Stephen Ehikian, demanding a briefing by March 19th about the scope and impact of the recent termination of GSA employees. This letter follows a discovery by Cortez Masto that all GSA employees in the state of Nevada were suddenly fired, risking the security and upkeep of federal buildings across the state.
“As you know, GSA employees currently manage five federally-owned buildings and courthouses throughout Nevada,” wrote the senators. “In addition to federal courtrooms, these buildings serve as workplaces for employees from more than a dozen federal agencies and programs, including the U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Probation Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation, and more.”
“Haphazardly terminating all local GSA employees who provide federal buildings with cost-efficient IT services, secure infrastructure, and other fundamental services is more likely to increase government costs in the long run while risking the safety and well-being of federal employees and the Nevadans who rely on federal services,” they continued.
The full text of the letter can be found here.
Senators Cortez Masto and Rosen have pushed multiple Departments under the Trump Administration for detailed, public information regarding the impacts of President Trump’s federal funding freeze, hiring freeze, and terminations on Nevada – including to the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Forest Service, the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Agriculture.
###