2月27日华盛顿邮报阅读记录(2)

Trump’s workforce harm being undone(excerpt 节选)

Following President Biden’s lead, House Democrats are pushing a counteroffensive(反攻) against the damage his predecessor(前任者，前辈) Donald Trump heaped on government employees.

“This hearing serves as a critical inflection point — the end of the Trump administration’s four-year assault（攻击） on the federal workforce — and a celebration of the resiliency(弹性，跳回) of those who served our nation through the constant attacks and degradation(降级，降格),” Rep(代表，representive). Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.) said Tuesday at a House Government Operations subcommittee hearing.

As with much of what happens in Congress, the hearing broke along partisan(党派的) lines. Connolly, the subcommittee(委员会) chairman, and other Democrats supported Biden’s early actions to overturn Trump’s decisions, and Republicans defended Trump. His legacy(遗产) hung over(悬挂，笼罩着，宿醉) the hearing as if he were not a twice-impeached(弹劾) former president who had left town.

As with Trump’s workforce policies, advocating(拥护) a fire-fedsfaster ethos(精神，特质) was the main thrust(插，猛戳) of Republican arguments.

Biden’s actions included rescinding(废除) three Trump executive orders issued in May 2018 that severely undermined(逐渐削弱) federal labor organizations and expedited the federal firing process. Biden also overturned(推翻) a Trump order that would have moved certain federal workers into a new workplace category, called Schedule F, where they would be without the civil service protections available to others.
Trump also instigated a month-long partial government shutdown that hit federal employees as workers and as consumers of government services, prohibited(禁止) most elements of federal workplace diversity(多样，不同) training, relocated certain federal agencies out of the Washington area against employee protests and tried to freeze federal pay.

Republicans argued that Trump was good for federal employees and said the workers appreciated his actions, notions vigorously rebuffed by Democratic members of Congress from the D.C. region, who represent a significant portion(部分) of the 2.1 million government workers.
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Following Hice’s theme, James Sherk, the former White House domestic policy special assistant who was a driving force behind Trump’s orders, said “federal employees themselves express frustration that their agencies rarely remove poor performers. President Trump signed several executive orders designed to make it easier for agencies to do so.”
Trump’s legacy endures(容忍，忍耐) — and not just in congressional debates.