FEDERAL WORKER NDAs

On 2026-06-02, Representative Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10) delivered a floor speech titled "FEDERAL WORKER NDAs" in the House.

FEDERAL WORKER NDAs

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 93 (Tuesday, June 2, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 93 (Tuesday, June 2, 2026)] [House] [Page H3745] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] FEDERAL WORKER NDAs (Mr. SUBRAMANYAM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, as I was saying before, what do you do when people in your administration constantly break the law? Do you clean house of all corruption and self-dealing or increase transparency and accountability? Well, this administration decided to go the opposite direction and just announced a plan last week to require all Federal workers to sign NDAs. The new message: If you see something, don't say something, even if that something is against the law. These NDAs aren't just meant to cover sensitive, internal deliberations or classified information. They apply to nearly everything going on inside the administration, even the illegal stuff. This is about silencing whistleblowers. This is about punishing people who speak out about waste, fraud, and abuse. This is about putting loyalty to the President above service to our country and the Federal workforce. If you want to fight waste, fraud, and abuse in government, if you actually want to put our country first, then join me in fighting these Federal worker loyalty NDAs. ____________________