President Donald J. Trump, acting without legal authority and in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States, signed more than 200 pieces of paper he called, “executive orders.” In those pieces of paper, he purported to shutter federal agencies, fire thousands of federal employees, and suspend federal funding, all of which had been authorized by law.Some residents of U.S. House District 10 seem to think this is a great idea.
Those residents of our congressional district apparently do not care that:
• theDepartmentofEducationprovides 26 million healthy meals to school children;
• USAIDsavesmillionsofpeoplewho would have starved, is a cornerstone of American diplomacy, and buys $2.1 billion dollars of farm products from farmers, including Georgians;
• FederalAviationAdministration employees are vital tosafe operation ofairports serving millions of Americans;
• federalinvestmentsinrenewable energy fight fossil fuel-driven climate catastrophes, create thousands of goodpaying jobs, and include $1 billion in funding for Georgia infrastructure;
• federallawenforcementagentsand judges protect our border from violent criminals and suppliers of deadly drugs;
• theCDCprovidescrucialscientific research that protects us from the constant, evolving threat of deadly disease;
• andfederalemployeesfightthosewho poison our air and water and protect us from workplace injury and death. So why, exactly, does anyone inCongressional District 10 think it is a great idea to gut our federal government and destroy the very agencies and agents that protect us?
Bruce Menke Athens