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FIRST ON FOX: The House Oversight Committee holds its first hearing of the new Congress next week focused on the extension telecommuting in the pandemic era for federal employees, with Chairman James Comer telling Fox News Digital that his priority is getting federal workers back to work.
The hearing, entitled “stay at home Federal Workforce: Another Legacy of the Biden-Harris Administration,” is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 15 at 10am.
Martin O’Malleythe former commissioner of the Social Security Administration; Rachel Greszler of the Center for Economic Policy Innovation; and the chairman of the board of the Federal City Council, Tom Davis, are to testify.
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, argues a point on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
O’Malley, before the end of his term, closed telecommuting agreements for 42,000 Social Security employees through 2029.
“President Donald Trump and his new administration will be greeted by largely empty federal government office buildings because the federal workforce is still taking advantage of the Biden administration’s outdated and harmful telecommuting policies. the pandemic era,” Comer told Fox News Digital. “These telecommuting policies not only jeopardize agencies’ ability to provide vital services to the American people, but reports indicate that the Biden administration is now working with federal employee unions to strengthen safeguards in long-term telework”.
Comer told Fox News Digital that “President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda and critical services provided by the federal government should not be hindered or impeded because of out-of-control federal unions that are making deals with the administration Biden to stay home.”
Light from sunrise hits the dome of the US Capitol on Thursday, January 2, 2025, as the 119th Congress begins. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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“It’s time for the federal workforce to get back to working in person for the American people,” he said. “The House Oversight Committee remains committed to ensuring that federal employees stand up to the American people they serve.”
According to a Senate report written by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, the federal government currently owns more than 7,000 vacant buildings and nearly 2,500 buildings that are partially vacant.
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The report states that government buildings currently average 12% occupancy.
During the hearing, the committee plans to examine how the Biden-Harris administration “failed to return federal workers to the workplace” and said the failure could “hinder” the incoming Trump administration’s ability to return – them, because of the long-term guarantees. of telecommuting in agreements signed with federal employee unions.
