Members of the Virginia congressional delegation are in an unusual position in the opening days of the Trump administration — they are now career counselors for their constituents.
Federal employees have already been the subject of sweeping orders from the Trump administration, including efforts to strip protections from career employees and to bring remote workers back to in-person. On Tuesday, the administration offered buyout packages for employees who don’t want to stay on to work for a “reformed federal workforce.”
“It’s a time of lots of anxiety,” said Rep. Don Beyer, who represents a district that has an outsize population of federal employees. “The advice I’m giving folks: Wait and see.”