A resolution demanding the immediate reinstatement of all veteran Federal employees involuntarily removed or otherwise dismissed without cause since January 20, 2025.

This is a Senate resolution introduced by Senator Tammy Duckworth (S. Res. 166) in the 119th Congress. It declaratively demands the immediate reinstatement of all veteran Federal employees who were involuntarily removed or dismissed without cause since January 20, 2025. The resolution cites and condemns recent mass-dismissal actions at the Department of Veterans Affairs (including Veterans Crisis Line staff) and a department memo signaling plans for broad terminations. It frames veterans as a substantial portion of the federal workforce and asserts a duty to support veterans by ensuring promised benefits and care. Importantly, as a resolution, it expresses the sense of the Senate and urges action; it does not itself authorize funding or compel agency action in the way a statute would. The resolution calls for immediate reinstatement with full and timely back pay, along with timely notice of reinstatement and clear guidance on the path forward for affected employees, with oversight from their chains of command. It also demands transparency about the decision-making processes behind the dismissals, disruptions to department programs, and the administration’s future plans for the department. The bill is currently introduced and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.