WASHINGTON — Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar (TX-35) issued the below statement on President Trump’s unlawful executive orders and the memoranda issued by Acting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Matthew J. Vaeth directing agencies to withhold approved federal funding:
“The damage Trump’s illegal actions today will inflict on our communities—red and blue—cannot be overstated. Trump, unconstitutionally, is taking food away from low-income seniors and newborn babies so that he can enrich his corporate backers. Trump, illegally, is freezing infrastructure projects and throwing construction workers off the job so that he can give his billionaire buddies a tax break. Trump is ignoring the Constitution and slashing the funds that pay for firefighter and police salaries, and his excuse is ‘DEI’ and ‘wokeness.’
“Trump wants to push us into an era of lawless corruption, and it’s up to Democrats and all Americans of good conscience to stop him before he goes any further. Trump must immediately reverse his actions, Russell Vought must not be confirmed as OMB Director, and American lives must not be treated like the playthings of extremist billionaires and ideologues.
“Trump’s funding decision today heavily damages Republican-run states. According to the Pew Research Center, nine states receive over 45 percent of their overall budgets from the federal government: Louisiana, Alaska, Arizona, South Dakota, Wyoming, Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Mississippi.”
