由于旧金山犯罪，参议员乔尼·恩斯特 (Joni Ernst) 推动关闭南希·佩洛西联邦大楼
Sen. Joni Ernst pushes closure of Nancy Pelosi Federal Building due to San Francisco crime
作者：瑞安·金 2023 年 10 月 25 日
一名共和党议员希望旧金山的主要联邦办公大楼（以前众议院议长南希·佩洛西的名字命名）关闭，直到该大楼外犯罪事件爆发后“对公共安全的威胁”过去。
8月初，出于安全考虑，卫生与公共服务部警告工作人员“在可预见的未来”避开议长南希·佩洛西联邦大楼，其中包括设施外毒品交易的激增。
周三，参议员乔尼·恩斯特（爱荷华州共和党人）建议工作人员搬到湾区的其他政府设施，在那里他们不会“担心自己的生命安全”。
“在卫生与公众服务部大楼工作不应该对你的健康或生命构成威胁，但现在是由于前议长佩洛西和其他自由派政客让犯罪混乱席卷了旧金山的街道， ”恩斯特在给《华盛顿邮报》的一份声明中说道。
乔尼·恩斯特建议政府应该关闭南希·佩洛西联邦大楼，直到犯罪情况得到解决。
她补充说：“如果联邦雇员在这里工作不安全，那么企业经营和家庭居住在这里肯定也不安全。” “我呼吁关闭议长南希·佩洛西联邦大楼。 毕竟，他们已经被迫放弃了，那么为什么纳税人还要让南希·佩洛西的鬼屋开着灯呢？”
恩斯特是强制要求政府雇员亲自重返工作岗位的坚定支持者，他在周三致管理该物业的美国总务管理局的一封信中提出了这一建议。
佩洛西大楼于 2007 年投入使用，是加州民主党的当地办公室以及 HHS、劳工部和交通部的前哨基地。
南希·佩洛西联邦大楼 据当地媒体报道，南希·佩洛西联邦大楼内的工作人员在离开大楼时遭到犯罪和猖獗的吸毒行为。
据《旧金山纪事报》八月报道，这位前议长对必须进入大楼的员工的安全表示担忧，但并未建议她的五人团队在家工作。
佩洛西发言人亚伦·贝内特告诉《华盛顿邮报》：“无论是在大楼内还是在通勤途中，我们联邦大楼内工作人员的安全始终是议长佩洛西的首要任务。”
“联邦、州和地方执法部门正在与公共卫生官员和利益相关者协调，努力解决该市某些地区芬太尼贩运和相关暴力的严重危机。”
据《旧金山标准报》9 月份报道，一些联邦工作人员受到刀子威胁，至少一名工作人员被用锤子追赶。
“这个广场是一个危险的露天毒品市场，吸毒者在众目睽睽之下开枪、吸毒、吸食毒品。 吸毒者在公共长凳上昏倒，用过的针头散落在地上，”恩斯特在给 GSA 的信中写道。
“服药过量是一种‘常见的恐怖’，有近 150 起疑似服药过量事件，其中包括更多
据今年上半年报道，联邦大楼周围的街区有超过 30 人死亡。 每天都有数十名经销商出现，其中一名经销商最近在大楼附近持枪开枪。 虽然围栏已经竖起，但吸毒者和毒贩仍然在广场周围闲逛。”
南希·佩洛西联邦大厦
当局在南希·佩洛西联邦大楼周围竖起了围栏，但问题仍然存在。
据《纪事报》报道，为了应对不断恶化的局势，联邦保护局加大了巡逻力度，一些员工要求有人陪同进出大楼。
恩斯特补充道：“由于旧金山地区至少有五个其他联邦设施，而且据报道 GSA 只利用了其可用办公空间的 10% 左右，佩洛西议长联邦大楼也许应该在可预见的未来关闭，工作人员也会搬迁。”
这位参议员还要求总务管理局详细说明定期进入大楼的员工人数、他们面临的安全威胁，以及出于安全考虑而建议员工远程工作的所有联邦前哨基地。
Sen. Joni Ernst pushes closure of Nancy Pelosi Federal Building due to San Francisco crime
A Republican lawmaker wants San Francisco’s main federal office building — named after former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — closed down until the “threat to public safety” has passed following an explosion of crime outside the facility.
In early August, the Department of Health and Human Services warned workers to steer clear of the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building “for the foreseeable future” over safety concerns, including a proliferation in drug dealing outside the facility.
On Wednesday, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) suggested workers relocate to other government facilities in the Bay Area where they won’t be “fearing for their lives.”
“Working at a Department of Health and Human Services building shouldn’t be a risk to your health or life, but it is now due to former Speaker Pelosi and the other liberal politicians that have allowed criminal chaos to overtake the streets of San Francisco,” Ernst said in a statement to The Post.
Joni Ernst suggested the government should shutter the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building until the crime situation is addressed.
“If it’s not safe for federal employees to work here, it certainly can’t be safe for businesses to operate and families to live here,” she added. “I’m calling to shut down the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building. After all, they’ve already been forced to abandon it, so why should taxpayers keep the lights on in Nancy Pelosi’s haunted house?”
Ernst, a staunch proponent of mandating that government employees return to work in person, made the pitch in a Wednesday letter to the General Services Administration, which manages the property.
The Pelosi building opened in 2007 and houses the California Democrat’s local office, as well as outposts of HHS, the Department of Labor and the Department of Transportation.
5Workers in the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building have been subject to crime and rampant drug use when they exit the building, according to local media.
The former speaker has raised concerns for the safety of her staffers who have to enter the building, but has not gone so far as to recommend her five-person team work from home, the San Francisco Chronicle reported in August.
“The safety of workers in our federal buildings has always been a priority for Speaker Emerita Pelosi, whether in the building or on their commutes,” Pelosi spokesperson Aaron Bennett told The Post.
“Federal, state and local law enforcement — in coordination with public health officials and stakeholders — are working hard to address the acute crises of fentanyl trafficking and related violence in certain areas of the city.”
Some federal workers have been threatened with knives and at least one was chased with a hammer, the San Francisco Standard reported in September.
“The plaza is a dangerous, open-air drug market, with addicts shooting up, snorting, and smoking drugs in plain view. Drug users pass out on the public benches and used needles litter the ground,” Ernst wrote in her letter to the GSA.
“Overdosing is ‘a commonplace horror,’ with nearly 150 suspected overdoses — including more
than 30 deaths — on the block surrounding the federal building reported in the first half of this year. Dozens of dealers show up daily, one of which opened fire with a gun near the building recently. While fencing has been put up, addicts and dealers still hang out around the plaza.”
Authorities have erected a fence around the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building, but problems persist.
In response to the deteriorating situation, the Federal Protective Service has ramped up patrols, with some employees asking to be escorted in and out of the building, per the Chronicle.
“With at least five other federal facilities within the San Francisco area and GSA reportedly utilizing only about 10 percent of its available office space, perhaps the Speaker Pelosi Federal Building should be shuttered for the foreseeable future with its workers relocated,” Ernst added.
The senator also demanded GSA detail the number of employees who regularly enter the building, the security threats they have faced, and all federal outposts where employees have been advised to work remotely due to safety concerns.
