[Texas Fossil]

“As has been noted, they’re subject to Civil Service protections.”

NO, most of them are NOT. 100,000 are contractors. Only 14,000 are Federal employees.

[gogeo]

As you noted, they are not employees. By definition they have no protection, nor are they entitled to any.

The more I reflect on this the more tone deaf Mr. Hyphenated name sounds.

The managers of EPA have total authority to decide the focus and funding of the Dept. They need only defund climate change initiatives.