Mitchell Miller | mmiller1@wtop.com

April 8, 2025, 5:32 PM

The chair of the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s administration is moving swiftly to start selling federal office buildings and end hundreds of federal leases, which is having an impact on federal workers in the D.C. area.

“Federal agencies shouldn’t be maintaining empires at taxpayer expense,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican representing Georgia’s 14th District, who led a field hearing in D.C. examining the federal real estate portfolio.

Greene said the government is “pouring billions of dollars into wasteful, empty office buildings,” and praised the administration and the General Services Administration for not wasting time in preparing to sell federally owned buildings and discontinue leases.

Through the GSA, Trump wants to reduce the amount of federally owned and leased property by 50%.

Greene said close to 700 leases have been canceled, saving an estimated $400 million.

Among the leases that have been terminated is one for a D.C. building at 1875 Pennsylvania Ave. for the parent company of Voice of America, the U.S. Agency for Global Media.

The administration is dismantling the agency and other government-funded news agencies.

The GSA itself is planning to move out of its current headquarters, to share space with the Department of Interior.

Greene and Republicans on the DOGE panel criticized purchases of expensive furniture and art for buildings owned by the government.

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