Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Wednesday called on congressional lawmakers to retake the power to hire and fire the heads of legislative branch agencies, Politico reports.

“I think what we’re going to have to do with some of these organizations — like the Library of Congress, [Government Accountability Office] — is have Congress appoint the head, to make it crystal clear that these are congressional entities,” Collins said during a press conference.

The senator’s comments come after President Donald Trump moved to fire the librarian of Congress and the head of the U.S. Copyright Office.

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