he was the architect of the omb memo. he will be the architect of more losses for president trump if he keeps vote on the team. there's no doubt about it. this memo was a catastrophe. and i assume president trump will hold those behind this memo accountable or he's going to get into more and more trouble if he follows their dictate. if donald trump is actually decided and finally, to put the needs of americans first, he must rescind the nomination of russell vote immediately. though the trump administration failed in this tactic, it's no secret they will come back again and again and again. the trump administration and feeling the heat rescinded this heartless memo. but it's also clear by their intent they still plan to freeze funding in this way or another way. and whatever hoops they may try to jump through, we know they will come back at this again and again and again because their billionaire buddies want to implement project 2025 and they will try any which way they can to get it done. but whenever they do, i promise

that is why omb sent out this memo last night. the president signed an executive order directing omb to do just this. the reason is to ensure that every penny going out the door is not conflict with the executive orders and actions that this president has taken. what does this pause mean? means no more funding for illegal dei programs. no more funding for the green scam that has cost american taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. it means no more funding for transgender is him -- change gender -- transgenderism. again, people receiving individual assistance, you will continue to receive that. president trump is looking out for you by issuing this pause because he is being a good steward of your taxpayer dollars. >> how long is this pause going to last, and how is the trump administration recommending organizations that rely on federal funding make payroll, pay their rent in the meantime? sec. leavitt: it is a temporary pause and the office of management and budget is reviewing the federal funding going out the door. again, not fo

the president has created doge in addition to omb. he has already put out an eo to put -- to unleash american agency and then have all of the agencies to trying get permits going and to be able to get regulations that are binding. the pursuit of american energy and then the regulatory process of getting that back up and running. the president has given us a new goal. now we have a 10 for one goal and we think we can hit that. we overshot the first goal and we think that we will do our best to hit that goal. those are all things that will be impacting the bottom line and the pocketbook of the person that moved to florida for that precise reason. sen. scott: so, if we do not -- you have seen senator ron johnson's work about how much the budget it just grown. if you look at the and placement -- the inflation adjustment since clinton and obama it is staggering. what is the chance that we will see a significant reduction in interest rates, that are hurting people. what is the chance that we will see inflation come under control if we do no

again, he was omb director under the first trump term. you have done it once and you want to do it again and we are glad you are willing to do it again. >> thank you very much. congratulations on your new role. i look forward to working with you. welcome to the committee. senator cornyn, senator ricketts, and senator marino, welcome. this congress, the senate budget committee is going to be deeply engaged in the policies that emerge because reconciliation is going to play a central role and reconciliation begins right here in this room. we will consider trump's budget request and i must say my deepest concern about the reconciliation bills are that they are going to betray working americans. working americans who listened to the strategies he laid out that he proposed. but certainly the actual plan does not help working people. the acting plan is to help them, how are these massive giveaways going to be paid for? well, by slashing services to working families and struggling families trying to get on their feet trying to thrive and get to

omb to do just this. and the reason for this is to ensure that every penny that is going out the door is not conflicting with the executive orders and actions that this president has taken. so what is this pause mean? it means no more funding for illegal di programs. it means no more funding for the green new scam that has cost american taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. it means no more funding for transgenderism and wokeness across our federal bureaucracy and agencies. no more funding for green new deal social engineering policies. again, people who are receiving individual assistance assistance, you will continue to receive that. and president trump is looking out for you by issuing this pause, because he is being good stewards of your taxpayer dollars. >> thanks, caroline. >> sure. >> how long is. >> this pause going. >> to last? >> and how is the trump administration recommending that organizations that rely on federal funding make. >> payroll. >> pay their rent? in the meantime? >> it is a tempo

it is simply a rescission of the omb memo. why?y confusion created by the court's injunction, the president's ios on federal funding, meaning executive orders on federal funding, remain in full force and effect and will be rigorously implemented. let's bring in nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell. also joining me, charlie dent, a former seven term republican congressman from pennsylvania. i think the point of this was to clear up any confusion. i'm not sure that people won't be more confused. help us understand what's going on, kelly. >> well, we're taking people into what would be a part of our reporting process, chris, as you understand so well, we normally wouldn't be talking about these issues until we. had firmer answers, but we're sort of in the flow of how it is coming out. what the white house is doing is taking a specific memo off the table. that is the one that triggered all the questions in state houses and nonprofits and all kinds of agencies. >> around the country. they are. >> removing that. they

vought becomes the head of omb. it's one of the most important agencies in the government. they oversee every federal agency, every town, every locality, every family is is going to be affected. you want to get your drug prices lower? vought doesn't like that. look at 2025. you want to feed hungry kids? vought doesn't like that. look at 2025. you want to preserve and expand $30 insulin. vought doesn't like that. you want to make the tax system fairer and not have tax cuts for the wealthy but help the middle class? vought doesn't like that. he wants it to go to the wealthy. he was in my office yesterday. i asked him, what part of 2025 would with you disagree with? he couldn't point to a single one. in this panoply of awful proposals, he couldn't name a single one he didn't like. he's also a proponent of impoundment of funds. it may be unconstitutional, but it could cause real damage, as the cases would go through the courts when he sued for it. that means he can pick what he doesn't like and just end it even if congress has voted for it in a bipartisan way. so this man would

omb to do just this. and the reason for this is to ensure that every penny that is going out the door is not conflicting with the executive orders and actions that this president has taken. so what is this pause mean? it means no more funding for illegal d programs. it means no more funding for the green new scam that has cost american taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. it means no more funding for transgenderism and wokeness across our federal bureaucracy and agencies. no more funding for green new deal social engineering policies. again, people who are receiving individual assistance assistance. you will continue to receive that. and president trump is looking out for you by issuing this pause, because he is being good stewards of your taxpayer dollars thanks, caroline. sure. how long. >> is. >> this pause going to. >> last? >> and how is the trump administration recommending that. organizations that rely on federal funding make payroll, pay their rent? in the meantime? >> it is a temporary pause in

donald trump rescinded the omb order.should rescind the nomination of russell vought. >> bret: russell vought for omb. there you see the senate minority leader. karoline leavitt the white house press secretary issuing this clarification today. this is not a rescission of the federal funding freeze. it is simply a rescission of the omb memo why to end any confusion by the court's injunction. the president's eo executive order on federal funding remain in full force and effect. and will be vigorously implemented. with that, let's bring in fox news chief political analyst brit hume. you know, you need a whiteboard at time here, bret, at the beginning as you followed this. basically to sum it up this freeze was designed to scrub any funding going out the door for dei or things that they specifically with executive orders targeted. it was not a blanket freeze, even though that's how many people took it and there was a lot of chaos at the beginning and for all of the politics, whenever they say republicans pounce, this was demo

for their part, the white house says this only applies to that omb memo. trump's executive orders on federal funding, quote, remain in full force and effect. they say they will try again. but now we know that this administration can be resisted. dana nessel is the attorney general for michigan. she's among a coalition of attorneys general challenging the trump directive in court. she joins me now. attorney general nessel, good to see you. thank you for being with us. this is there's a lot of trump policy that we knew about from from project 2025, things that they were going to do. but this one just sort of came out in a in what seemed to be a confused manner, and no one seemed to know what to do about it. but that's real for people like you, for governors, for people who live in states who don't actually know what was supposed to happen. this threw the country into confusion for about 24 hours. >> yeah, it sure did. and all we can do is, is look at this and see it as nothing more really than, you know, cruelty masquerading as fiscal responsibility or gover

as omb has made clear. and i just want to but i want to really drill down on this, jake, because it's so important. there's 2 million employees in the federal government, overwhelmingly the career federal service in this country is far left. left wing. the american people. >> i don't know that to be a fact. >> well, i'll give you a great example. we looked at usaid as an example. that's 98%, 98% of the workforce either donated to kamala harris or another left wing candidate, just as an example. >> okay. >> but let me just. >> let me just an entire workforce is having a. >> wait, wait. >> whoa whoa whoa. did you just say that? saying someone voted for kamala harris is demonizing them? no. >> so you're you're suggesting is that there's a bias? no. you're suggesting. >> you use the word demonizing. you just said that i'm demonizing somebody by saying they voted for kamala harris. >> let's get back on track. >> i just i am on track. okay. let me stay on track. what i'm saying to you is this there are 2 million

supplemental memo from omb went out to clear up confusion. omb has worked with agencies and already approved many programs to continue even before the pause has gone into the effect. >> we are examining everything, taking a look at where money is going, how it is being spent so we can be responsible with taxpayer money. something the last administration frankly didn't care about. >> meantime, the administration is offering buyouts to federal workers who don't want to return to work in person. they have got until february 6th, just over a week to take that offer or leave it. it allows deferred resignation so you get to keep your pay and benefits and continue to work from home until september 30th, the white house expects between 5% and 10% of federal employees will quit. which would potentially save $100 billion in taxpayer funds annually. bret? >> bret: jacqui, in a week we have seen a flurry of executive orders. getting yet another executive order tonight from president trump regarding transgender surgeries for children. what does that say?

-- shots at omb. i sat down a few days ago with mr. vought in my office because he's seeking a nomination. he told me plain as day -- plain as day, if confirmed these are the kinds of things he wants to do at omb. the senate must not confirm mr. vought to lead omb. his views are way too fringe for the majority of this country and i'm sure if you asked in a secret ballot, from a majority of the republican senators who sit across the aisle from us. but tomorrow the senate budget committee is scheduled to hold a markup of mr. vought's nomination. i join ranking member merkley in calling on the chair to delay this markup by at least two weeks. why? first, because of the devastation that these executive orders will do and that the funding freeze was prepared to do. but, second, because it's clear that mr. vought was not honest during his hearings, and we need more answers from him. when something this conventional is launched by an administration, the person behind it all deserves -- or america deserves to

. >> the omb guidance memo. if you read, it is as clear as day. >> but it wasn't, which even some republicans were saying. and then today, we learned in a new memo that the original memo that was allegedly clear as day had now been rescinded. here is that new two sentence memo in its entirety. omb memorandum m25 13 is rescinded. if you have questions about implementing the president's executive orders, please contact your agency general counsel. okay, so that seems pretty clear. the original omb memo is rescinded. that's what the memo says. omb memorandum m25 13 is rescinded. but shortly after that memo was released came this tweet from the white house press secretary, quote, this is not a rescission of the federal funding freeze. it is simply a rescission of the omb memo. why? to end any confusion created by the court's injunction, the president's eo executive orders on federal funding remain in full force and effect, and will be rigorously implemented. so the memo is rescinded, but not the executive orders on

doge and omb also found there was about to be $50 million to

i've been asked and answered about this omb i-memo. there's many other topics of the day.erlapping speakers] >> trickling down. direct assistance that is in the hands of the american people will not be impacted. as i said to peter, we will continue to provide the list as it comes to fruition. omb right now is focused on analyzing the federal government's spreading which is exactly what the american people elected president from to do. >> one question on immigration. the 3500 west ice has made so far, can you just tell us the numbers. how many have a criminal record versus though you are just in the country illegally? >> secretary leavitt: all of them, because they illegally broke our nation's laws. as far as this administration goes. and of the last administration did not see it that way. it is a big culture shift to you someone who breaks out immigration laws as a criminal. that is exactly what they are. >> welcome to the briefing room. >> secretary leavitt: yes, they are criminal. >> thank you. on stripping security details for figures like john bolton, pompeo, ron haddo

without an omb director, he hasn't been convicted. he hasn't been confirmed yet. >> david drucker, explain this to me, donald trump. this was the plan, right? they have had this planned out for months and months. so why is it playing out like this in this barrage of chaos? >> well, i don't really know that. it's a barrage of chaos. the president issued issued an executive order and he gave his he gave his. >> white house. >> a directive and. >> they followed it. >> i think the question is, will congress do anything about it? and the answer is probably no, because over the last 10 to 20, i should say ten to 20 to 30 years, our congress has functioned more like a parliament than an actual separate branch of government. and so whoever the president is, the people in congress that support that president are happy to give away the power of congress and let the president run roughshod over them. they only argue with the president's constitutional overreach when it's the president of the other party. and this doesn't work unless congress is

before we talk about the omb nominee, what is your understanding of this freeze?e read the memo, it is very unclear, for instance, whether medicaid is also involved is also exempted as medicare and social security are. and what's in what's out because people all over the country are confused. >> well, andrea, so. >> much is in anything that goes. >> is a grant. >> anything that goes is a. >> loan disbursement. >> and anything that goes through a third party like. >> title one funds. >> go to a school. they don't go directly to. >> children in. >> in underfunded schools. it goes through the school first. and so it's. vast and. >> it actually is just a huge attack. >> on the constitution. we have adjudicated. >> this again and again. >> the power of the. >> purse, clearly stated. >> in the constitution is with congress. this is the president saying, you know what? i want to look at. >> everything that's been approved, and i'm only going to pass money on to the. >> things i like. this battle was fought. >> when. >> nixon tried to. >> do impoundments. >> congress pass

my question for you, sir, is if you are confirmed as a whim be director at again, do you commit -- omb director again, do you commit -- >> thanks for the question. i will commit to upholding the law. i disagree with the characterization of the general a coming office. my time, we followed the law consistently. we will continue to do so. >> do you think that is within the law? >> we did not. we were engaged in a policy process with regard to how funding would flow to ukraine. >> do you believe the impoundment control act of 1974 is the law of the land that you must follow? >> it is the law of the land. the president has run on that issue. he believes it is unconstitutional. for 200 years, presidents have had the ability to spend less for an appropriation if they had the ability to do it for less. as it pertains to the parameters of how we would use that, that is something that his team will have to consider when they are confirmed in these roles. host: bobby kogan, what do you make of that? guest: thank you for letting me respond to that. i was watching it live and talking to my tv. rus

about ukraine and bad things that they were doing. >> in communication with the white house with the omb to get more clarity, do you anticipate some kind of communication -- >> we are going to communicate with everyone under the sun and most importantly with our constituents and tell them, let your republican senators know, let your republican congressman know that you hate this, they'll feel the heat. thank you, everybody.

has pulled back that memo itself, because that barred communication between omb and agency heads and was impacted. that's the latest. >> break neck speed and keeping up and distilling it is very important. jacqui, thank you very much live from the white house. appreciate it. >> john: it's like drinking from a fire hose only bigger. fox news getting exclusive look at the latest deportation flight from texas to ecuador. we're on the ground with a live report from el paso coming up. my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis held me back. but now with skyrizi, i'm all in. thanks to skyrizi, i saw dramatically clearer skin. and many even achieved 100% clear skin. don't use if allergic. serious allergic reactions, increased infections, or lowered ability to fight them may occur. before treatment, get checked for infections and tb. tell your doctor about any flu-like symptoms, or vaccines. with skyrizi, nothing on my skin means everything. ♪nothing is everything♪ ask your dermatologist about skyrizi today. you go to sandals to connect on a deeper level. i've been waiting for this... [wind blow

then he followed it up with this omb memo to.ing his oath to uphold the law. so that's where we. >> stand right now. >> the other reality. >> though. >> and this is. >> the good news part. >> is that the courts are holding the courts blocked the order on birthright citizenship. a federal judge just. >> a few. >> minutes ago blocked, at least for. >> the time. >> being, this order. >> and. >> you know, this is not to say that the courts are the ultimate. >> solution, but it is important to. recognize that. >> as spineless as the republicans are, as little resistance as they will put. >> up in congress, the federal. >> judiciary so far is two for two. >> let me read what you write today on the retribution campaign that trump is waging, quote, across the country, across age career officials will be asked to engage in the harassment of donald trump's political opponents. it may take the form of denials of government contracts, delayed government services, irs audits and, in the most sinister circumstances, criminal investigations and

the omb rescinded their memo. their memo was what caused confusion. and i understand that.'s freeze is something he stands by that he is why we have entities like doge. that's why we are canceling entities like dei and stopping all of the contractor and green new deal and last administration left us with. to stop that we have to pause. the pause as we said 100 times over is not gs going to effect americans that deserve this assistance, medicare, medicaid, social security. but this is the left wing's narrative, laura, we are used to it and none other than chuck schumer himself to pick. they could have picked a new person but you, you know, their old games, old tricks, same old people. and we heard from them and that's what they are trying to do, fear-mongering as usual. the freeze is in place. what we are doing is examining how would he be spending taxpayer money and doing what the responsible thing to do is instead of frivolously throwing money around as if it's not our own. >> laura: i worked in the white house eons ago. i know how these memos can get written and rewritten

just a little over an hour ago omb rescinded this memo. but then the white house press secretary has tweeted that the freeze is still in effect. this illustrates the uncertainty and the lack of calculation that went into this process. now, as my colleague, senator murray, the ranking member on the appropriations committee, has noted, the list of programs being put under the microscope was dramatic. grants for law enforcement, veterans care, disaster relief and mitigation, funding for the 988 suicide prevention lifeline, homelessness and housing funding, child care, public schools including idea funding, community health centers, food access programs, including meals on wheels and school lunch programs; funding for preventing violence against women, and much more. and all these programs affect families throughout my state of rhode island. working families, in particular. because in many respects, we all depend upon some support at some time. the trump administration a little over a week on the job decided to violate the law to withhold that

guest: omb does a review.f the legitimate reasons they could have done is they are trying to find ways to be more efficient. that's one of the three acceptable reasons to pause. i don't like this policy is not one of them. i would say while we are at it, we are talking about omb, what was the farias last time, it's and impoundment control act violation to not spend money. it's an anti-deficiency act to spend money you don't have. that one carries criminal jail time. what omb has done to insert itself in the process is they mess with the apportionment. that's where it is this technical step where congress will authorize and appropriately money and omb will formally release the money. and then the agencies will go about obligating and spending it. omb inserts itself by saying here's the money. that part of it has to happen for nonpolicy reasons. it's about making sure the money goes out so you don't spend it all too partly or too slowly. what omb has done and what i think they will do again this year is they cam

about ukraine and bad things that they were doing. >> in communication with the white house with the omb to get more clarity, do you anticipate some kind of communication -- >> we are going to communicate with everyone under the sun and most importantly with our constituents and tell them, let your republican senators know, let your republican congressman know that you hate this, they'll feel the heat. thank you, everybody. [inaudible] >> c-span's washington journal, our live forum involving you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics and public policy, from washington and across the country, coming up wednesday morning, alliance president and ceo reverend paul talks about the role of faith leaders and opposing aspects of president trump's agenda, then article 3 project founder and president mike davis on how the justice department is poised to change under president trump and ap white house correspondent vik miller discusses white house news of the day. c-span's washington journal, live wednesday morning, c-span now, or on lane -- online or at c-span.org. >> live on c-span,

speaking of medicaid and confusion, the omb just.was freeze that was put into place yesterday. >> my next. >> guest says it had. >> every agency erring. >> on the side of caution. so what happens now? let's bring in td cowen, washington research groups chris krueger, chris, a breathtaking 24 hours here. what's the latest? where does this where does this leave things. >> great question. i don't think anyone really knows. so the executive order that was issued by omb was rescinded, you know, ten minutes ago, the judge, a federal judge, had halted the order, which effectively, you know, it was basically a 24 hour. quasi government spending shutdown. >> this the. >> overall framing issue, though. >> here is. >> the question of impoundment. does a president. >> have the. >> ability to not spend dollars appropriated by. the congress? >> this started. >> you know. >> this. >> is not. >> a new issue. >> this is this. >> started with with. >> president jefferson. >> in 1801. >> the process was made unlawful in a 1974 act that trump. >> and a

it is simply a rescission of the omb memo. why?ion created by the court's injunction, the president's eo is on federal funding, remain in full force, in effect, and will be rigorously implemented. i think we're all still kind of confused, though. according to an nbc news review of trump's actions since taking office, he never issued an executive order authorizing a blanket freeze of all federal assistance programs, though when. omb rescinded the memo, it technically rescinded the blanket freeze on all federal assistance pending review. some republican senators also said that they were pleased the administration pulled back that omb memo. senator dave mccormick of pennsylvania said his constituents, who reached out to give their thoughts, made a difference and led to the rescission. while senator susan collins and the original said the original directive was overreaching and created unnecessary confusion and consternation. joining us now, senior nbc news national politics reporter jonathan allen. yeah, the confusion was palpable. i

if you read the omb. >> guidance memo. >> it is well, if you read the omb guidance. >> i don't know what left wing clear. >> as day. >> so as clear as day, he says. but i mean, the honest truth is that republican senator susan collins of maine said the order was too sweeping a lot of confusion caused in her state. congressman don bacon was on the show yesterday. also, talking about this isn't personal against stephen miller or donald trump. people just they got the memo. it seemed sweeping and people were confused. >> yeah, absolutely. >> and then the omb put out another memo or two other memos to try to clarify. she tried. caroline tried to clarify in her first press briefing. it just created more confusion. >> she couldn't answer if it applied to medicaid or not. correct. and so when asked. >> so i appreciate what stephen miller is trying to spin here, but it just wasn't working. and you could see that today. you could see it when the judge put the pause on it. and then also you can see it again today that they rescinded the memo, which is again creating more confusion because i think

now on omb and russell vought. this week the american people saw firsthand just sc the presiding officer: i recognize the senior senator from hawaii. mr. schatz: thank you, mr. president. we're not in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are in a quorum call. mr. schatz: i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schatz: mr. president, the american public won yesterday. after 26 hours of public panic and confusion and outrage, the trump white house rescinded the illegal and unconstitutional order to freeze federal funding for every state in the country. it was an obvious attempt to usurp power, designed to hurt people by cutting off access to the things they need most. when you say federal grants, you might think it's a sub category nonprofits and they're just doing a review. let me list the things cut off over the 36 hour period. meals, schools, health care, child care, roads and bridges, public safety. and so it was no surprise that people all across the

he was omb director president trump's first term. he was born in mount vernon, new york, and attended wheaton college, graduating in idea, completed his j. d. from georgetown university. he worked on capitol hill, legislative senate, assistant for senator phil gramm and chuck hagel. big delta there. from 2004-2008 he worked as executive thousand eight he worked as executive director for the republican study committee. 2009, 2010 policy director of the housing, houseam republican conference here again he was omb director under the first trump term, deputy and became omb director so you've done it once and you want to do it again. we are glad on our side you're willing to do it again. senator merkley. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. congratulations on your new role. look forward to working with you. and welcome to the committee, senator cornyn, senator ricketts and new to the scene and new to the committee senator moreno, welcome. , welcome. this congress the senate budget committee is going to be deeply engaged in the policies t

so, trump's omb, office of member am and budget order, shows he is serious about cutting spending, it is doge on steroids, omb put out a circular that orders all executive departments and agencies to freeze all federal grants, loans, credits and subsidies that are con consistent with president trump's executive order, that includes foreign aid, diversity, equity and inclusion inclusion money, and the again new deal. -- green new deal, the spending freeze will negate the entirety of the misnamed inflation reduction act. which was notion more than a lift wing slush fund to put joe biden's corporate cronies, that was prepriced to total over 1 trillion dollars. and unpopular mandates and grands and c credit to buy luxury cars, enraged americans who wanted free choice to buy whatever they want. there will be more of administration's will look at once all key players are in place. for example, "wall street journal" editorial, the great biden welfare blowout, makes case that the g.o.p. should do back to prepandemic spending, on medicaid, and food stamps, snap. now today, there are about 10 m

it is simply a recision of the omb memo. why?usion created by the court's injunction. the president's executive orders on federal funding remain in full force and effect will be rigorously implemented. that was her quote to try to clarify the situation. she couldn't have made it worse. at this point america doesn't know what the future will hold. the judge in the case that's pending is the one that may have the last word, the important word, on where this is headed. i want to commend those who are in the courtroom trying to sort out the mess that's been created here in washington for the good of this country, to make it great again. we certainly need to have some understanding of what the policy of our government is. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. we have a lot of town or caucus producers focusing on a whole we bunch of different things. it just so happened this funding frees so, so abroad and so cruel and one other good thing happens.

it specifies in the omb guidance that any direct 82 individuals is not -- any direct aid to individuals is not included in this. the people want us to be good stewards of the taxpayer. the biden administration engaged in a lot of abuses of the programs. we have to make sure that is not continuing, so this is the appropriate thing for a new administration to do. i think it will be harmless in the end. emily: between this grant freeze directive, the firing of the inspector general's without notifying congress, causing foreign aid payments, trump has really pushed the limits of his executive authority and testing that. as a congressional leader, are you comfortable with how he's doing that? do you have any worries about the precedent this is setting? speaker johnson: so far as what he's done to this point, he's been using this executive authority in an appropriate manner. he got a mandate from the american people. he ran on restoring fiscal sanity and ensuring that the government would be more efficient. it was a major theme of the campaign. i think the taxpayers understand that we are in

tweeted out that the omb directive is gone. but the freeze still remains., but apparently now there's been what is going on because it felt like they rescinded it to stop the lawsuits by these states. >> but that. >> didn't that. >> didn't work because the judge actually looked. >> at her tweet. one of the judges looked at her tweet and then implemented a temporary restraining order based on her tweet. so, i mean, it's not clear to me that this has been like a grand master chess strategy, but i think that the truth is that actually, this omb memo is. >> a. >> dry run, because essentially they're. these are programs, you know, this whole discussion about these programs don't go to individuals. >> if the. >> federal government does not pay the meals on wheels provider, that cuts off meals to seniors who need meals on wheels. now, i don't think this is a very complicated concept, but apparently it's a slightly complicated concept for the white house. but having said that, the truth is these are these are cuts to programs across the government. and i think it j

was halted, and we worked closely with the new administration and the folks at usd and usdot and at omb to make sure there was clarification that the intent of that executive order was not to stop the flow of all federal dollars that were provided for transportation programs through those two bills, and our understanding is that both usdot and omb do not intend for that executive order to impact all of the transportation programs in those two acts, and that they are working together to clarify exactly which programs it should apply to. so there was some panic yesterday initially. we do feel a little bit better about it as of yesterday afternoon and this morning, but there's still some concern. rep. johnson: yeah, it's kind of like, you know, first you're numb. and then you start realizing, ok, well, maybe there's some wiggle room, but then when you go back and read the executive order, there is none. so there's a need for clarification amidst the chaos that has ensued from this reckless action in issuing this executive order. mr. dellinger, with the recent record-breaking increase in ca

that's what this omb memorandum was all about. and i'm going to say this one final time because maybe some members of the media are listening. i am not advocating to ignore the constitution. and i am not advocating to ignore the impoundment laws of this congress. what i am saying is, if you don't believe we're going to have to cut spending substantially in order to get out of this mess that has been created, then you shouldn't be driving it. mr. president, i yield the along is the temporary pause on federal funding? to make it important understand it's a review process to say for discretionary >> not directed by congress or required by law so this would be for example something like a contract to a nongovernmental organization to -- but there has to be a department or agency that reviews the expenditure of democratic control over the operation of government. it doesn't affect any federal programs that americans rely on full stop. spend it doesn't have any impact on any americans or what they rely on >> it to benefit program that a

. >> trump's omb shows he's serious about cutting spending. it's doge on steroids. omb put out a circular that orders all executive departments and agencies to freeze all federal grants, loans, credits and subsidies that are consist with president trump's recent executive orders. this is going to investigator collude stuff like foreign aid. aid, diversity, equity and inclusion money and most importantly the green new deal. this spending freeze could negate the entirety of the misnamed inflation reduction act. which was nothing mar than an enormous left wing slush fund to put joe biden's corporate cronies and repriced to total over $1 trillion. and unpopular mandates and grants and credits to buy electric cars. all that enraged millions of americans that want free choice to purchase gasoline powered cars or diesels or big trucks or whatever they want. bide the great biden welfare blowout and makes the case that gop should go back to prepandemic spending on medicaid and food stamps, known as snap. there's about 10 million more people on medicaid than there were before