Blackburn, Hawley Introduce Bill to Move Most Federal Agencies Out of D.C.

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Today, Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Helping Infrastructure Restore the Economy (HIRE) Act, which moves most federal agencies out of Washington, D.C. and into the heart of economically-distressed regions across the country.

"Moving agencies outside of Washington, D.C. both boosts local economies and lowers costs -- that's a winning combination," Senator Blackburn said. "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."

"Every year Americans' hard-earned tax dollars fund federal agencies that are mainly located in the D.C. bubble," said Senator Hawley. "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."

Recently, the Bureau of Land Management announced plans to move to Colorado, and two Department of Agriculture agencies are moving to Kansas City. The HIRE Act would boost this trend by moving most agencies to economically distressed regions so that the benefits of those jobs are more widely distributed.

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