findings that this administration doesn t want to confront. scientists at usda were given a plongt month to decide whether they d move half way across the country for no good reason or else be fired. about two-thirds of the scientists chose door b. well, today those employees started receiving their termination letters telling them they will officially be out of a job come close of business on september 27th. the union representing the workers at usda announced today they have won a few concessions from the agency for employees who have decided to accept this forced transfer. but at this point the move would seem to be a done deal. except for the fact that there are two important data points worth keeping an eye on here. the first is that on monday the usda inspector general released a report concluding that the agency didn t actually have the authority to pay for relocating the science departments without budgetary approval from congress
but at this point, the move would seem to be a done deal. except for the fact that there are two important data points worth keeping an eye on here. the first is that on monday, the usda inspector general released a report concluding that the agency didn t actually have this authority to pay for relocating the science departments without budgetary approval from congress, which they absolutely do not have and will not get. people like virginia congresswoman jennifer wexton have been waving the flag on this point, calling into question the legality of the move. but then there s also this from the white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney. you ve heard about drain the swamp. what you probably haven t heard is what we re actually doing. i don t know if you saw the news the other day, but the usda just tried to move or did move two offices out of washington, d.c., i think to kansas city, missouri. yes, you can applaud that one, because that s what we ve been talking about doing. guess wha
be out of a job come the close of business on september 27th. the union representing the workers at usda today announced that they have won a few concessions from the agency for employees who have decided to accept this forced transfer. but at this point, the move would seem to be a done deal. except for the fact that there are two important data points worth keeping an eye on here. the first is that on monday, the usda inspector general released a report concluding that the agency didn t actually have this authority to pay for relocating the science departments without budgetary approval from congress, which they absolutely do not have and will not get. people like virginia congresswoman jennifer wexton have been waving the flag on this point, calling into question the legality of the move. but then there s also this from the white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney. you ve heard about drain the swamp. what you probably haven t heard
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i think important to conclude here police have not even been able to find the body because it s so hard to approach this island. dangerous and impossible to communicate with these people. until the body is retrieved we don t know what happened to john alan chow. it is understood that he was killed by arrows but until the body is found there is no firm conclusion to this very sad story. dana. dana: thank you for bringing the story to us, amy kellogg. fox news alert. the white house releasing a major climate report concluding that climate change will do significant damage to the u.s. economy. the document said climate change is poised to reduce the u.s. economy by as much as 10% over the next 80 years. the report also warned the change in climate will produce more extreme weather e vents