Suhas Subramanyam Warns That DOGE Cuts May Affect Military, Other Agencies That Do 'Critical Work'

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During a Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus press briefing on Thursday, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) spoke about DOGE cuts.

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00:00Thank you, Congressman Chiu.

00:04Welcome to the 10th Congressional District.

00:06I'm going to switch gears a bit and talk about the impact DOJ is having both in our community

00:11as well as AAPI communities.

00:13Right now, what's happening with DOJ is they are firing federal workers all across Virginia

00:19and all across the country, or they're putting freezes on critical spending.

00:23People know that.

00:24What you may not know is many of these businesses and many of these federal workers are actually

00:29did nothing wrong and actually do critical work that helps every single American.

00:34When you hear about an agency getting cut by 50%, just understand that those programs

00:40will not continue, and that will hurt every single American.

00:43It'll hurt their ability to get a good education.

00:46It'll hurt their ability to be safe and healthy.

00:49It'll hurt our military and our preparedness.

00:52Many of the businesses that serve our country are owned by AAPI entrepreneurs and people

00:58who have expertise.

01:01Many of the AAPI community here in Virginia are actually in fields that are in high demand,

01:06like IT and cybersecurity, fields that are so critical to our country in keeping us safe.

01:14It's not a surprise.

01:17Even one of the folks who's running DOJ wanted to normalize Indian hate, by his own words.

01:23We shouldn't be surprised by this, but we should step up and stop it.

01:27This doesn't have to be partisan.

01:28It shouldn't be partisan, but here at KPAC, I know we're committed to making sure that

01:33we protect Asian American business owners, especially the ones who serve our country

01:39and in many cases take less money to do really critical work for us and to keep us safe.

01:45With that, I'll open it up to Q&A.

Suhas Subramanyam Warns That DOGE Cuts May Affect Military, Other Agencies That Do 'Critical Work'

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