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OMB director defends rescissions and apportionment practices as members accuse agency of impoundment
Summary
At a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vogt defended OMB's use of rescissions, deferrals and apportionments and the agency's recent rescission package, while Democrats accused OMB of unlawfully impounding congressionally appropriated funds and removing transparency tools from public view.
WASHINGTON — Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vogt told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government that OMB is exercising statutory tools such as rescissions and deferrals to review federal spending, while members of the committee said those actions amount to unlawful impoundment.
"We are under programmatic review of federal dollars across the state," Vogt said when pressed about agency decisions to hold or reclaim funds. He told the panel that OMB uses tools under what he called the ICA — citing rescissions, deferrals and pocket rescissions — as part of managing appropriated funds and executive-branch priorities.
Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro…
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