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Since the day they took office, President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought have been breaking the law, blocking Congressionally-approved public funding, and depriving American communities of crucial resources that were allocated on a bipartisan basis. A new fact sheet released today by House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) lays out some of the most flagrant violations of the law perpetrated by President Trump and Russ Vought.
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, sent a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers blasting the recent announcement from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought that the Trump administration will immediately pause over $11 Billion in funding for essential Corps projects in blue states and cities and will be “considering them for cancellation.”
As President Trump and Director Vought unlawfully cut off food assistance for millions of Americans, and Republicans extend their vacation while refusing to address the health care crisis they created, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released a new fact sheet on the impacts of President Trump’s shutdown and how he is breaking the law to inflict more pain in communities across the country.
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the following statement concerning the Trump administration’s illegal move to withhold available Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in November.
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright blasting the latest reductions in force (RIF) ordered during the government shutdown.