{"id":52222,"date":"2025-10-17T15:44:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/agency-overseeing-nuclear-stockpile-could-see-deep-staff-cuts-as-shutdown-continues-top-republican-warns\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T15:44:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:44:47","slug":"agency-overseeing-nuclear-stockpile-could-see-deep-staff-cuts-as-shutdown-continues-top-republican-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/agency-overseeing-nuclear-stockpile-could-see-deep-staff-cuts-as-shutdown-continues-top-republican-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Agency overseeing nuclear stockpile could see deep staff cuts as shutdown continues, top Republican warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington<\/em> \u2014 The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee warned Friday that the federal agency that oversees the nation&#8217;s stockpile of nuclear weapons could see deep staff reductions as the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/government-shutdown-2025-latest-senate-day-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">government shutdown<\/a><\/span> continues.<\/p>\n<p>During House Republicans&#8217; daily press conference at the Capitol, Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama said lawmakers were informed Thursday night that &#8220;carry-over&#8221; funding that has been used by the National Nuclear Security Administration to remain operating at full capacity during the shutdown is close to running out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They will have to lay off 80% of their employees,&#8221; Rogers told reporters. &#8220;These are not employees that you want to go home. They&#8217;re managing and handling a very important strategic asset for us. They need to be at work and being paid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Rogers&#8217; office clarified that the chairman meant the staff would be placed on furlough, as opposed to laid off permanently.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/17\/4118d00f-02f2-40f0-9d81-2e799dae8f32\/thumbnail\/620x349g2\/bbf5539fe48f33e3e4092cba1964f027\/rogers.jpg#\" alt=\"Republican Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama addresses reporters at the Capitol on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/17\/4118d00f-02f2-40f0-9d81-2e799dae8f32\/thumbnail\/620x349g2\/bbf5539fe48f33e3e4092cba1964f027\/rogers.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/17\/4118d00f-02f2-40f0-9d81-2e799dae8f32\/thumbnail\/1240x698g2\/11510174539ef739e891f990af567f04\/rogers.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Republican Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama addresses reporters at the Capitol on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The National Nuclear Security Administration is part of the Department of Energy, and one of its core missions is &#8220;to ensure the United States maintains a safe, secure, and reliable nuclear stockpile through the application of unparalleled science, technology, engineering, and manufacturing,&#8221; according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/nnsa\/national-nuclear-security-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News has reached out to the Department of Energy for more details about Rogers&#8217; comment.<\/p>\n<p>Energy Secretary Chris Wright <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/10\/16\/nuclear-weapons-workforce-faces-layoffs-furloughs\/86726076007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told USA Today<\/a> on Thursday that beginning next week, the department would begin cutting &#8220;tens of thousands&#8221; of contractors who do work with the nuclear agency.<\/p>\n<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-09\/DOE%20Lapse%20Plan%20September%202025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">plan for a shutdown<\/a>, the Energy Department listed the National Nuclear Security Administration among its components that would maintain a small staff to support portions of the department &#8220;that perform functions related to the safety of human life or the protection of property, or would remain working as necessary to discharge the President&#8217;s constitutional duties and powers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The department said the nuclear security agency would continue performing functions in three program areas: maintenance, development, production and safeguarding nuclear weapons; international nonproliferation activities; and design and servicing of naval reactors.<\/p>\n<p>It added, &#8220;within the weapons programs, excepted personnel will have oversight concerning stopping or maintaining critical control operations systems that involve nuclear materials or maintenance of one-of-a-kind equipment in order to make shutdown decisions.&#8221; &#8220;Excepted&#8221; personnel are those deemed essential and required to stay on the job during a shutdown. Non-essential employees are placed on furlough. Both groups are not typically paid during a shutdown, but they are expected to receive back pay once more funding is approved.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/17\/df694127-6cd1-4856-9144-3590e245521b\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/d9a31cd68438f74a7a01bc1633cc1f00\/ap23122588892511.jpg#\" alt=\"In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron technicians work on an intercontinental ballistic missile during a test on Sept. 22, 2020, at a launch facility near Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Montana. \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/17\/df694127-6cd1-4856-9144-3590e245521b\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/d9a31cd68438f74a7a01bc1633cc1f00\/ap23122588892511.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/17\/df694127-6cd1-4856-9144-3590e245521b\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/ae2c170b6a3bb3b203481ded061b5f15\/ap23122588892511.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron technicians work on an intercontinental ballistic missile on Sept. 22, 2020, at a launch facility near Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Montana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Senior Airman Daniel Brosam \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nearly 200 employees at the Department of Energy received layoff notices last week, the Trump administration said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cand.457131\/gov.uscourts.cand.457131.40.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">court filing<\/a>. However, it&#8217;s unclear whether any of those people were employed by sub-agencies, like the National Nuclear Security Administration, that operate within the broader department.<\/p>\n<p>The National Nuclear Security Administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/119\/plaws\/publ21\/PLAW-119publ21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">received nearly $4 billion<\/a> from Congress through President Trump&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/whats-in-trump-big-beautiful-bill-senate-version\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">One Big Beautiful Bill Act<\/a><\/span> earlier this year, with funds set to remain available through September 2029.<\/p>\n<p>The shutdown <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/government-shutdown-2025-latest-senate-day-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">entered its 17th day<\/a><\/span> Friday with no indication of a break in the logjam between Republicans and Democrats that would lead to a resolution. The Senate on Thursday <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/government-shutdown-2025-latest-senate-defense-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">took its 10th vote<\/a><\/span> to advance a GOP-backed stopgap funding measure, but it again failed 51 to 45.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing funding lapse now is the third-longest in modern history, behind shutdowns in 1995 and in late 2018, which ran into 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has been attempting to leverage its power to pressure Democrats to reopen the government. Notices to thousands of federal employees <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/government-shutdown-live-updates-as-military-poised-to-miss-first-paychecks-next-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">informing them they will be laid off<\/a><\/span> began going out last week, though a federal judge on Wednesday <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/government-shutdown-judge-blocks-trump-administration-firing-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">issued a temporary order<\/a><\/span> blocking the administration from carrying out the job cuts during the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Russell Vought, head of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said Wednesday he <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/government-shutdown-2025-latest-republicans-democrats-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">expects more than 10,000<\/a><\/span> federal workers will be laid off. 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