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Senators Press Russell Vought on Withholding of Appropriated Funds and Impoundment Authority
Summary
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs questioned Russell Vought on January 15, 2025, about OMB actions during his prior tenure that withheld or delayed funds Congress had appropriated, including Defense security assistance to Ukraine and disaster relief for Puerto Rico.
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs heard extended questioning on January 15, 2025, about Russell Vought's past decisions as OMB director to withhold or delay funds that Congress had appropriated.
The line of questioning centered on several contested episodes from Vought's prior time at OMB. Senator Gary Peters, the committee's ranking member, told the nominee that a 2019 OMB decision had illegally withheld $214,000,000 that Congress had appropriated for Department of Defense security assistance to Ukraine and cited a Government Accountability Office finding that OMB violated the Impoundment Control Act. Peters also cited a HUD inspector general finding that disaster relief funding for Puerto Rico…
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