Biden administration employees are STILL working from home and wasting billions ... trends now

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Oversight Chair James Comer accused the Biden administration of being 'intent' on making remote work a 'fixture' of post-pandemic life. 

The Kentucky Republican hauled Jason Miller before his committee on Tuesday, where the Office of Management and Budget deputy director noted that federal workers who are 'telework eligible,' meaning they have jobs that can be done remotely in some capacity, are currently working at least half of their hours in the office. 

The federal government employs some two million people in Washington, D.C.  

'OMB will continue to push agencies to complete implementation,' Miller said. The agency 'has issued guidance for agencies to substantially increase meaningful in person work at federal offices, particularly at headquarters.' 

'My constituents and those of the other members of this Committee want government services delivered efficiently and effectively. And they don’t want to pay for unnecessary overhead. I think we can all agree on that,' Comer said. 

Comer claimed unions are to blame for keeping workers from being in the office, even as federal agencies spend about $2 billion in taxpayer dollars per year to operate and maintain federal office buildings and another $5 billion per year on leases.