Heritage Foundation published 532 policy proposals in its Project 2025 blueprint. 53% are completed or in progress. 66 of the people who wrote the plan now serve in the administration. 34 hold Senate-confirmed positions. This is not a coincidence. It is a staffing pipeline from a $110 million think tank directly into the executive branch.
The results show up in the services my family depends on. The VA lost 40,000 workers. Neurology wait times went from 27 days to 127. The IRS lost 25,000 workers during tax season. Refund processing went from 31 days to 42. SSA hit a 60-year staffing low with 70 million Americans depending on it. At the EPA, departing staff had 30.3 years of median experience. The people who stayed had 10.8. The institutional knowledge that kept air safe, water clean, and food inspected is gone.
Courts blocked 264 of these actions. State attorneys general won 82% of their decided cases. 62% of blocks came from Administrative Procedure Act violations, meaning the administration did not follow the law's own requirements for changing policy. That is not a policy disagreement. That is lawbreaking.
Hold oversight hearings on Project 2025 implementation. Investigate the Heritage Foundation personnel pipeline placing authors of the blueprint into the positions they designed. Restore hiring authority for safety-critical agencies that lost more than 20% of experienced staff. The federal workforce serves the public, not a think tank's agenda.
