Lofgren Condemns Trump’s Reduction in Force Threat

September 25, 2025 Press Release WASHINGTON, DC - Last night, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memo instructing federal agencies to prepare for reductions in force (RIF) if Congress does not pass a stopgap to fund the government by September 30. “The Trump administration continues to use public servants as pawns in their game to distract and destroy our federal agencies," said Zoe Lofgren (D-CA). "This threat of further reductions in force is shortsighted and stupid. The government can’t be run like a deal-making game show—people behind critical agency efforts provide services that benefit all Americans. Why does Trump want to punish Americans? We will fight these foolish reductions in force with every tool Democrats and others resisting Trump’s chaos have available to us.”