Washington, D.C. (RI) — Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is celebrating the potential sale of a federal government building in Washington, D.C.
Ernst joined Trump Administration officials at a news conference to announce a U-S-D-A office building the opened in 1936 is being put on the market.
Ernst has criticized U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, the former Iowa governor, for the agency’s remote work policies.
For the past three years, Ernst has been calling for federal employees to return to in-person work in federally-owned facilities, and she says unused office space should be sold.
Ernst, a Republican from Red Oak, is not seeking reelection in November.
Last May, the agency that manages federal buildings announced over 400 properties around the country would be sold, but a day later the list was removed from the agency’s website.
The USDA’s South Building in Washington, D.C. was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. It was world’s largest office building for seven years until the Pentagon was completed.
The building’s sale is part of U.S. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins’ reorganization plan for the agency. She is relocating USDA staff from D.C. to locations in Colorado, Utah, and North Carolina as well as Kansas City and Indianapolis.
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