WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a former civil rights attorney, released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Slaughter, which will allow Trump to fire independent agency heads at will:
"Today, the Supreme Court set a precedent that will have grave consequences for America's dedicated civil servants, as well as our economy, health, and safety. For more than a century, heads of independent agencies that Congress created to do the nuts-and-bolt work of monitoring and regulating health, safety, and critical parts of the economy could not be fired by the President for political reasons. But now, the Supreme Court sides with the ...