Brooke Rollins testimony confirms 15,000 fired from USDA must be re-hired or replaced with new hires

Testimony she gave confirms that the impact of firing 15,000

in her Cabinet Dept. means the necessary employees on

deferred resignation must be re-hired or at least replace

immediately -- see further

NPR.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5389922/usda-deferred-resignation

federal-workers-brooke-rollins

discrepancies exist between what Ms. Rollins testified and

employee accounts . . .House and Senate appropriations committee

questioning and back-and-forth clarifications / obfuscations

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 May 6, 2025

10:30 a.m. Eastern

Senate Appropriations Committee

Testimony from the Trump 2.0-Vance cabinet Secretary

of Agriculture

today concerning the 2026 Fiscal Year requests : she will

also have to address lay-offs and firings in the ag-related

departments and agencies in her purview-responsibilities.

see C-Span.org/event/senate-committee/hearing-on-2026-

agriculture-budget-request/432991