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Committee presses DOJ on cuts to violence-against-women programs and cancelled grants
Summary
Senators, including Susan Collins and Patty Murray, pressed Attorney General Bondi about proposed reductions to the Office on Violence Against Women, termination of hundreds of grants and delayed notices of funding opportunities that advocates say have left local service providers at risk.
Chairwoman Susan Collins told Attorney General Pamela Bondi that the department's FY2026 budget proposal would reduce funding for the Office on Violence Against Women from approximately $713,000,000 in fiscal 2025 to about $505,000,000 in fiscal 2026 — a reduction described in the hearing as nearly 30% and including cuts to transitional housing assistance, sexual-assault services and rural victims programs.
Collins asked whether the cut was imposed by the Office of Management and Budget and what the department's plan was to preserve services to survivors. Bondi said the budget includes $505,000,000 to prevent and respond to…
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