WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin issued a statement strongly condemning the Trump Administration’s freeze of federal funding appropriated by Congress:
“The Trump administration’s unilateral move to block thousands of federal programs is clearly unlawful. This isn’t a wonky, Washington conversation – there are real, actual effects that will harm Michigan and put a hold on federal dollars that were already awarded.
“My office is being inundated with questions from local mayors of both parties, universities, veteran care and nursing homes, people who have had cancer trials stopped, child care centers, farmer programs, Army contracts – all fearful that they will need to take drastic action to end programs and grants.
“This administration, like every administration, must follow the law, and the law says that money is appropriated by Congress. As I noted in several confirmation hearings, senior administration officials swear an oath to the Constitution, not to President Trump, and now is the time to uphold that oath.
“But just as important is the harm this causes real people. While every president gets to put their stamp on a future budget, killing things like veterans funding is the definition of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.”
Read a fact sheet from the Senate Appropriations Committee on the Trump Administration’s unlawful plan to withhold congressionally appropriated government funding.