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The speaker, Mr. Subramanyam, congratulates several high school graduating classes of 2025, highlighting their achievements and future paths including college, trade school, military, and workforce. He also criticizes the current administrations tariff policies for causing economic uncertainty and hardship for small and large businesses in Virginia. Additionally, he condemns recent hiring practices in the Federal Government that focus on loyalty to the President over merit, comparing them to authoritarian regimes, and advocates for merit-based hiring to ensure the best-qualified individuals serve the nation.

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Economy and Jobs, Education, Foreign Policy, Civil Rights and Liberties, Veterans Affairs

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Date:

06-04-2025

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H2426-H2427

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Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate the Fauquier High School class of 2025. Last month, the 301 graduates and their families gathered at the packed Jiffy Lube Live to celebrate this milestone. This senior class has a lot to be proud of, including beating their teachers in the students versus faculty basketball game. The graduates excelled not only in the classroom but also on the field and in their ability to persevere through challenges. Whether they are heading into the workforce, trade school, college, or embarking on their service at institutions like the Air Force Academy or Virginia Military Institute, the values of hard work and determination that they learned as a Falcon will always be with them. I congratulate the class of 2025 at Fauquier High School. Recognizing Rappahannock County High School Class of 2025 Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate the Rappahannock County High School class of 2025. This year's graduating class is a remarkable group of students, including future firefighters, servicemembers, college and trade school students, and workers ready to contribute across many sectors. In their time at Rappahannock County High School, they have achieved a lot of great things, including bringing home a Class 1 State title for the women's basketball team and winning a Scholastic Bowl regional championship. Whether on the field, in the classroom, in the drama club, or as part of one of Rappahannock County High School's bands, I know they will carry the lessons they have learned as a Panther to whatever comes next. I congratulate the class of 2025. Recognizing Kettle Run High School Class of 2025 Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the 287 graduates in Kettle Run High School class of 2025. The graduates, as Cougars, have balanced life as students, teammates, and coworkers, and through it all they have learned the value of perseverance. They have excelled across a wide range of fields: In band, in chorus, and in orchestra, on the stage and in the art room. They brought home a golf State championship and led the football team all the way to the State championship game. They left their mark on Kettle Run, and I look forward to watching all that they will accomplish in the future. I congratulate the class of 2025 of Kettle Run High School. Recognizing Liberty High School Class of 2025 Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the 347 graduates of Liberty High School's class of 2025. The graduates, as Eagles, have achieved so much and, most importantly, have learned how to tackle whatever challenges come next. As their principal said to them: You are bold, you are brilliant, and roughly a third of you are bilingual. And you are all just enough unhinged to change the world. Whether their next stop is college, trade school, the workforce, or the military, I can't wait to see what their future has in store, and I look forward to watching them change the world. The graduates should always remember that once an Eagle, always an Eagle. Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Liberty High School class of 2025. Effects of Tariffs in Virginia Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, in his inauguration address, President Trump declared that America was entering a golden age, a new chapter of economic prosperity. For Virginians, and millions across the country, that promise remains unfulfilled. Instead of prosperity, Americans are facing economic hardship and uncertainty. This administration's steep tariffs are taking a real toll here in Virginia. I heard from a constituent, like the one who started his own small business selling action figures. After a lot of success selling preorders of the action figures, his business is now facing budget shortfalls because they don't know what the tariffs on China will be from month to month. They don't want to raise prices on customers, but the tariffs have made it impossible to plan for his business and for his future. They are not alone. Businesses, small and large, are feeling the pain all across the Commonwealth. They are unable to plan, unable to predict what this administration is going to do, and in many cases unable to keep their employees, or keep their doors open in some cases. This uncertainty is weighing on a lot of families as well. According to one poll, 59 percent of Virginians expect to face financial difficulty in the years ahead. This doesn't sound like the golden age. It sounds like fool's gold. Merit-Based Hiring Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of merit-based hiring, especially in the Federal Government, because this administration, which has talked a lot about the evils of diversity and fired veterans left and right, is now focusing its hiring efforts exclusively on one thing, blind loyalty to the President. It is like DEI for MAGA. According to a recent memo from the Office of Personnel Management, all of the civil servant applicants will now be required to answer a series of questions explaining which of the President's executive orders are their favorites and how they will advance the President's pet projects. Now, to be fair, there are other countries that do similar loyalty tests, like North Korea, the former Soviet Union, and Iran, just to name a few, but those are authoritarian regimes. That seems to be this administration's model. I ask instead that everyone should swear loyalty to this country and not to the President, and instead of spying on Federal workers and contractors and firing ones who aren't the most blindly loyal that the best are chosen, the brightest, the most qualified people to serve our Nation, to keep us healthy, safe, and secure.

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