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Dick Durbin: “You've lost half your workforce under Trump.”

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Published May 13, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:02

I'm trying to get the big picture here. You've lost half your workforce under Trump. too. You are being told to divest yourself of buildings. I think the chairman suggested maybe I'm wrong in recounting 80% of existing buildings. Is that true? That's. (00:02–00:05)

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Asserts that the agency lost half its workforce during Trump's administration.

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