Workplace of Price range Administration (OMB) Director Russell Vought shared his assist for workforce reductions on the Division of Well being and Human Companies (HHS) whereas applauding Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his management of the company.
“No, it’s fantastic,” Vought stated late Thursday when requested concerning the layoffs on Fox Enterprise’s “Kudlow.”
“I talked with Secretary Kennedy about an hour ago, and he is really excited about what they’ve unveiled today, the extent to which they’ve [reorganized] the department, the number of people that they’re able to let go and be able to find efficiencies at HHS. And so, it’s really exciting what you’re seeing,” he added.
Vought, a co-author of the conservative Venture 2025 agenda, has been a staunch advocate and strategic associate within the Trump administration’s plans to cut back the dimensions of the federal authorities.
HHS particularly employs round 91,058 individuals and Kennedy has recognized a method to lower as much as 20,000 staff, or almost a fourth of the workforce.
“We aren’t simply lowering bureaucratic sprawl,” Kennedy said in a statement announcing the layoffs. “We’re realigning the group with its core mission and our new priorities in reversing the persistent illness epidemic.”
Democratic lawmakers have vehemently opposed the cuts citing considerations for public well being.
“It is a catastrophe for the health care of every American,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) stated of the trouble.
Early in Vought’s affirmation course of, leaders known as out his intent to inflict a conservative mandate by authorities entities.
“He’s the wrong man … he seems to care little about the needs of American families; at the wrong place … at powerful OMB, where his decisions will be felt in every corner of the country; with the wrong agenda — the horrible Project 2025,” Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) stated from the ground forward of the affirmation vote.
General, Kennedy confirmed that HHS’s 28 divisions can be consolidated down to fifteen, and 10 regional places of work will grow to be 5. He additionally introduced the creation of a brand new Administration for a Wholesome America (AHA), which the previous unbiased presidential candidate stated will coordinate persistent care and illness prevention packages.
