In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton urged Pompeo to reconsider the May 1st layoff of 17 contracted cleaners following budget cuts from the Department’s Procurement Office. In addition, hundreds of State Department employees signed a petition delivered to Contracting Officer Pete Jones that reads “Don’t reduce services when it could cost my health. Keep R & R fully funded and stop the layoffs of our cleaners.” Norton said she’s “deeply disturbed” by the layoffs, adding that “Putting these cleaners out of work will not solve budgetary challenges, but it will hurt their children and our communities.”
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