Unidentified committee member says $10 billion childcare freeze targets Democratic states, calls out anti‑Somali harassment
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An unidentified committee member accused the federal administration of weaponizing a fraud investigation to target Democratic governors and freeze $10 billion in childcare funding for five states, and said officials amplified unverified videos that sparked anti‑Somali harassment. No formal action or rebuttal is recorded in the transcript.
An unidentified committee member used a congressional hearing to accuse the federal administration of politically motivated action and to warn about the effects of a recent federal funding freeze.
The speaker said the administration announced the day before that "they were going to freeze $10,000,000,000 in federal funding for child care and family assistance to 5 states across the country," and linked the pause to the fact those states have Democratic governors and upcoming gubernatorial elections. The member said the move risks hurting millions of families who rely on those programs.
The committee member also criticized what they described as the amplification of unverified online content. "Viral videos from a young man YouTuber who was literally creeping around day cares..." were, the speaker said, retweeted by "the vice president and the FBI director" without verification, a step the speaker said "unleashed a furor of anti immigrant and anti Somali hate across the country." The speaker added: "They literally used his platform as the president of The United States to call an entire community garbage."
The speaker framed the hearing as part of a broader pattern, alleging the controversy is "being used as a politically expedient moment" to strip immigration status from some people and as "part of the mass deportation plan of this administration," and to justify cuts to programs described as lifelines for low‑income families. "This is part of a larger effort to defund these programs," the speaker said.
The remarks combined policy critique and personal testimony: the committee member said they "grew up in a low income family" and invoked their mother's struggles as an example of who would be harmed by cuts. The transcript records no direct response from other committee members, no formal motion, and no vote associated with these remarks.
The transcript records interruptions as the speaker proceeded: a single‑word "Order" appears shortly after the closing portion of the remarks. The hearing record provided here does not include any supporting evidence, responses from named officials, or documentary materials substantiating the claims about military action, targeted freezes, or officials' motives, which remain allegations in this transcript.