{"id":2324,"date":"2025-06-08T09:35:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T16:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/ca\/?p=2324"},"modified":"2025-06-08T09:37:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T16:37:42","slug":"narfe-representatives-at-ca-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/ca\/2025\/06\/08\/narfe-representatives-at-ca-town-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"NARFE Representatives at CA Town Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>On May 29, 2025, <strong>Congressman Ro Khanna<\/strong> held a town hall about Federal employees. Guest speakers included Cesar Lara, Rep for <strong>Federation of Unions<\/strong>; Steve Walter representing <strong>NARFE<\/strong>; and Jonas Dinos representing <strong>NASA\/Ames<\/strong>.\u00a0 They spoke on how the slashing of Federal jobs has impacted the people they represent, acknowledging current Federal employees were fearful of attending, due to fear of retaliation. Employees of the Veterans Administration, IRS, Geological Survey, Postal Service, and NASA asked questions after the presentations. <strong>Photos<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-family: Montserrat, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', Georgia, serif;font-size: 1rem\">Congressman Ro Khanna, Federation Legislative Chair Stephen Walter, and Tri-City Chapter 1494 members Jeannie Clements and Andrea Heckman.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\t\t<div class=\"carousel-sync-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-gallery carousel-sync-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/2025-05-29-RoKhanna-scaled-e1749400005203.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2025-05-29-RoKhanna\" class=\"img-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/2025-05-29-SteveWalter-scaled-e1749400094909.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2025-05-29-SteveWalter\" class=\"img-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/2025-05-29-Chapter1494-scaled-e1749400156208.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2025-05-29-Chapter1494\" class=\"img-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .carousel-sync-main -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-sync-nav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/2025-05-29-RoKhanna-scaled-e1749400005203-250x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2025-05-29-RoKhanna\" class=\"img-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/2025-05-29-SteveWalter-scaled-e1749400094909-250x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2025-05-29-SteveWalter\" class=\"img-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/2025-05-29-Chapter1494-scaled-e1749400156208-250x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2025-05-29-Chapter1494\" class=\"img-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .carousel-sync-wrap -->\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 29, 2025, Congressman Ro Khanna held a town hall about Federal employees. 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