Ranking Member Lofgren Calls Trump Out for Corrupt Executive Order Requiring Political Appointees to Approve Federal Grants
(Washington, DC) – Today, the President signed an Executive Order that will require all federal grants be approved by Trump-appointed politicals. Civil servants and subject matter experts have long carried out this role in order to remain unbiased and apolitical.
“This Executive Order is nothing short of obscene," said Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA). "In what world does Donald Trump think that Americans want political appointees – who, need I remind the President, are unelected bureaucrats – making decisions on what science gets funded? This means that Elon Musk's wayward DOGE cronies, like Big Balls, could be standing between you and a cutting-edge cancer-curing clinical trial. This means someone who has made millions lobbying for chemical companies could block research into the dangers of pesticides, PFAS, microplastics – the list goes on. This is wrong. Americans will pay the price. We must not accept this corruption as our new normal.”
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