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Witnesses say Trump administration’s funding freeze and OMB memo have heightened immediate risks to Meals on Wheels, Medicaid and housing assistance
Summary
Witnesses and Democratic senators told the Ageing Committee that an executive funding pause and related OMB guidance disrupted local programs serving seniors, creating urgent uncertainty for meal programs, housing vouchers and health services while a federal judge issued a temporary halt to the freeze.
Senators and witnesses told the Senate Special Committee on Aging that a late‑week executive action to pause federal grant payments created immediate, harmful uncertainty for programs serving seniors.
Senator Raphael Warnock said the administration’s action “ordered a total illegal freeze of federal taxpayer funds going out to communities and Georgians. This illegal funding freeze includes programs that are essential to…
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