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House Oversight Committee threatens salaries of Interior staff who block interviews
For anyone who thinks that our Democrats are just "rolling over", "playing dead", "doing nothing", or being "submissive" and "compliant"... maybe this will help:
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/07/interior-department-salaries-threat-1414201?fbclid=IwAR2ieuBRJNJ11F7aU-aSVMZtOdbuO7fPJ2EqI7yLfeGIof0rJMKJ4CeyhRo
House Oversight Committee threatens salaries of Interior staff who block interviews
“Please be advised that any official at the Department who ‘prohibits or prevents’ or ‘attempts or threatens to prohibit or prevent’ any officer or employee of the Federal Government from speaking with the Committee could have his or her salary withheld pursuant to section 713 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act,” Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said in a prepared statement.
“Please be advised that any official at the Department who ‘prohibits or prevents’ or ‘attempts or threatens to prohibit or prevent’ any officer or employee of the Federal Government from speaking with the Committee could have his or her salary withheld pursuant to section 713 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act,” Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said in a prepared statement.
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