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Cuellar says OMB pause threatened federal aid to Laredo-area programs; judge temporarily blocked freeze
Summary
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar said an Office of Management and Budget memorandum and related executive orders issued in the new administration briefly threatened to halt federal obligations for thousands of programs that support Laredo and nearby counties, but a judge temporarily blocked the freeze.
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar said an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandum and related executive orders issued in the new administration briefly threatened to halt federal obligations for thousands of programs that support Laredo and nearby counties, but a judge temporarily blocked the freeze.
"It would have affected over 26,100 individual programs," Cuellar said during a public briefing at Laredo City Hall. He outlined a timeline in which several executive orders were issued on Jan. 20, followed by an OMB memorandum on Jan. 27 that, he said, asked agencies to pause obligations and disbursements except for certain direct payments. Cuellar said OMB issued clarifications Jan. 28 and a judge blocked the freeze the same day.
The congressman listed types of programs that would have been affected, including WIC, SNAP, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Title I education grants, childcare block grants, Head Start, FEMA public-assistance and disaster programs, Small Business Administration disaster loans,…
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