Congressman Nick Langworthy Votes To Send Federal Employees Back To Work

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, February 2, Congressman Nick Langworthy put the hardworking taxpayers ahead of unelected, federal bureaucrats by cosponsoring and voting for the Stopping Home Office Work's Unproductive Problems Act or SHOW UP Act.

“The taxpayer funded federal workers absolutely need to return to the workplace,” said Congressman Nick Langworthy. “Our brave men and women in uniform don’t have the luxury of “remote work.” Our hardworking construction crews don’t have the luxury of “remote work.” Workers on factory lines and repairing our roadways and driving trucks with our food and supplies don’t have the luxury of “remote work.” I will always stand up for the hardworking taxpayers of New York and ensure their government is working for them.”

Background:

• This legislation includes requirements for:
  • Federal agencies to return to 2019 pre-pandemic telework levels within 30 days;
  • Federal agencies to complete and submit to Congress studies within six months detailing how pandemic-era telework levels impacted their missions—including adverse effects on customer service, network security, and costs for real property and locality pay; and
  • Preventing federal agencies from permanently expanding telework without submitting to Congress telework plans certified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that detail how remote work policies will:
    • Substantially improve agency mission-performance;
    • Substantially lower agency costs for real property and locality pay;
    • Ensure security for agency networks, data and records;
    • Accelerate the dispersal of federal jobs across the nation and outside the Beltway.

Congressman Nick Langworthy represents the 23rd Congressional District of New York which includes Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Schuyler, and Steuben Counties and parts of Erie County. Visit langworthy.house.gov.

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