During the first hearing of the 119th Congress, Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., expressed strong disapproval of the Biden administration's handling of federal employees' return to the office. Comer criticized the administration for what he deemed a 'failure' to end telework and bring federal employees back to their office spaces.
According to a report by the Oversight Committee, as of May 2024, over a million telework-eligible federal employees were only in-office three times a week, with an additional 228,000 employees never coming to the office at all. The report, prepared by Republicans on the committee, argues that telework policies have had a detrimental impact on government agencies.
