Zinke’s complaint of the Office of Government Ethics is to blame for the slow movement on POTUS Donnie nominees and other employees is laughable.
Yes departments need to be replenished with employees but for how long have we heard it’s time to start “downsizing government?”
Oh wait I forgot, people only care to listen about “downsizing” when it comes to knee jerk reactions of shuttering the IRS or the Energy Dept – PB/TK
One Government Office Is Holding Up Trump Nominees From Finally Being Confirmed – By Ginni Thomas / Aug 5 2017
President Donald Trump’s Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is frustrated with “the resistance” to getting his senior leadership staff in place, and he can see who is working to thwart the president’s governance.
The secretary puts most of the blame on the Office of Government Ethics, which many quietly report to be overzealously abusing its position to review nominees, showing less interest in expediting Trump nominees than it did for former President Barack Obama’s nominees.
Many nominees are languishing there, he tells The Daily Caller News Foundation suffering with intrusive, micromanaging questions that exceed the agency’s jurisdiction while exalting its power to obstruct for ideological reasons.
The rest of Zinke’s “poker chips” for blame are placed on Senate Democrats who are slowing nominations.
Zinke has three goals for his time in the cabinet: He hopes to restore trust with all the partners of the Interior Department, improve the languishing infrastructure, and thin out the headquarters staff while bolstering the front line staff.
Continue to dailycaller.com article: http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/05/one-government-office-is-holding-up-trump-nominees-from-finally-being-confirmed-video/
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