Catherine Cortez Masto: “20% of the already small staff at Great Basin national park…”

“Trump administration has fired thousands of National Park Service employees, slashed funding for our tourism and travel industries, and has raised costs for families. It is dangerous policy. Just listen to this. 20% of the already small staff at Great Basin national park have been laid off. just because they were probationary employees, meaning they either had been promoted to a higher position or had their jobs for less than a year. Let me be very clear.” (02:01–02:08)

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