Josh Hawley Has Had Enough Of The Federal Government In The Swamp

Timothy Meads | October 26, 2019 6:31 AM

Missouri Republican and arguably the most MAGA member of the Senate, Josh Hawley, introduced a bill on Wednesday that would move numerous federal agencies out of the District of Columbia, and disperse the offices throughout cities in the country. The bill was co-introduced by Republican Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and is officially known as the "Helping Infrastructure Restore the Economy (HIRE) Act."

"Every year Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars fund federal agencies that are mainly located in the D.C. bubble," Sen. Hawley said in a statement. "That’s a big part of the problem with Washington: they’re too removed from the rest of America. The HIRE Act will move policymakers directly into the communities they serve, creating thousands of jobs for local communities and saving taxpayers billions of dollars along the way."

Here's a list of what agencies could potentially be moved out of D.C.:

Department of Agriculture -- Missouri
Department of Commerce --Pennsylvania
Department of Education --Tennessee
Department of Energy -- Kentucky
Health and Human Services --Indiana
Housing and Urban Development -- Ohio
Department of Interior -- New Mexico
Department of Labor -- West Virginia
Department of Transportation -- Michigan
Veterans Affairs -- South Carolina

"Moving agencies outside of Washington, D.C. both boosts local economies and lowers costs – that’s a winning combination," Sen. Blackburn said of the bill. "This legislation would enable Americans across the country to have greater access to good jobs. Tennesseans would greatly benefit from having portions of the Department of Education in the Volunteer State. It is my hope that the HIRE Act will quickly pass the Senate."

Today @MarshaBlackburn and I are proposing to move 90% of fed bureaucracy jobs out of DC and to economically challenged regions across the country. This will help drive investment & opportunity to workers and places that need it most https://t.co/IrI2jF5J8g
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) October 23, 2019