Stephen Miller says the president-elect will order federal workers âto get back into the office … or find another line of work.â
President-elect Donald Trump will order federal workers who have been working at home to return to the office, said his top adviser, Stephen Miller, in a recent interview.
Miller was named by Trump last month to serve as his deputy chief of staff for policy. Previously, he served in Trumpâs administration as a senior adviser.
In Ernstâs report, released Thursday, about â90 percent of federal employees telework.â Before the COVID-19 pandemic, that figure stood at 3 percent. âNot a single headquarters of a major agency in Washington is even half-full,â the report found, adding that the âaverage occupancy is just 12 percent.â
She also backed a downsizing of the federal government by allowing unnecessary leases to expire and the auctioning off of unused office space, as well as the consolidation of offices.
The senator said in a statement that federal workers âneed to return to workâ because itâs âhappening on the taxpayersâ dime and at the expense of veterans, seniors, small business owners, and Americans in need of competent service from government agencies.â
It comes as tech billionaire Elon Musk and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, the heads of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), met with lawmakers in the Capitol to dismantle or streamline portions of the federal government.
âWeâre going to see a lot of change around here in Washington,â House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters, as Musk, with his young son on his shoulders, breezed by and into the meeting.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) told reporters he would like to see Musk testify before the House Armed Services Committee on the âbloated defense budget.â
âIâd like to see Elon recommend some cuts,â Khanna said. âLetâs have him testify.â
The Epoch Times contacted AFGE for comment on Friday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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