Washington, July 16 -- Representative Ami Bera issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, introduced the Protecting America's Diplomatic Workforce Act, legislation to safeguard employees at the Department of State and other foreign affairs agencies from unjustified reductions in force.
This week marks one year since more than 1,350 dedicated Civil and Foreign Service employees were terminated from the Department of State without adequate justification. Congress still has not received clear answers about the basis for these dismissals or the resulting loss of institutional expertise from America's ...