Today, Representative Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, submitted an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2025 Continuing Resolution to block the Trump Administration from purging at least 100,000 expert, career federal workers and replacing them with inexperienced partisan loyalists.
Ranking Member Connolly’s amendment would defund the Trump Administration’s Executive Order entitled “Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce” which reinstated and expanded President Trump’s previous Schedule F proposal.
Ranking Member Connolly, a leading advocate for protecting the integrity of the civil service, has long warned that Schedule F is not just an attack on federal employees – it is an attack on every American that relies on the federal government. President Trump has already demonstrated he is willing to politicize the delivery of government services, jeopardizing who gets access to critical benefits and assistance based on political affiliation rather than need or merit.
"The civil service exists to serve the American people – not the political whims of any one administration,” Ranking Member Connolly said. “Schedule F is a direct assault on our system of government. It would allow an administration to purge at least 100,000 expert public servants and replace them with unqualified loyalists, injecting politics into every corner of government – from veterans’ benefits to disaster relief. Americans deserve a government that works for the people, not for a political party. We will not stand by while extremists attempt to turn federal agencies into partisan machines.”
Ranking Member Connolly is also the author of the bipartisan Saving the Civil Service Act, which would permanently block any administration from resurrecting Schedule F or similar efforts to erode civil service protections unless such authorities are explicitly provided by Congress. The bill has garnered support from both sides of the aisle, demonstrating that protecting a competent, nonpartisan federal workforce is not a partisan issue.
