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Unidentified committee speaker accuses administration of targeting Democratic states with $10 billion childcare freeze, warns of harms to Somali and immigrant -
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Summary
An unidentified speaker at an oversight hearing accused the administration of daily fraudulent behavior, alleged a recent $10 billion freeze in federal child-care funding targeted at five states with Democratic governors, and said viral videos and official amplification have led to anti‑Somali harassment; no formal votes were recorded.
An unidentified speaker at an oversight committee hearing on Jan. 17 alleged that the federal administration has engaged in "fraudulent behavior literally daily" and warned that a recent federal move to freeze $10,000,000,000 in child-care and family-assistance funding will hit five states that the speaker said have Democratic governors and gubernatorial elections this year.
The speaker said the funding freeze was announced "just yesterday" and questioned why the committee was not investigating alleged misconduct by the administration, including a claim that the United States invaded a foreign country to take oil and that oil and gas companies were notified before Congress. "Is this a coincidence? I don't think so," the speaker said.
The speaker also criticized viral social-media videos, saying a YouTuber "was literally creeping around day cares" and that the vice president and the FBI director amplified the clips by retweeting them without verification. The speaker said the publicity led to "anti immigrant and anti Somali hate across the country," and asserted that "thousands of Somali people got targeted and harassed," alleging the president used his platform to "call an entire community garbage." The speaker said they "stand with the Somali and the immigrant community standing here today."
The remarks framed the hearing as part of a broader effort, the speaker alleged, "to take away the immigration status of Somalis in The United States as part of the mass deportation plan" and "to defund these programs" that low-income families rely on. The speaker recounted growing up in a low-income family and described child-care and family-assistance programs as "a lifeline."
The transcript records no formal motions, votes, or staff directions tied to the claims made during the remarks. Several of the speaker’s statements are allegations or characterizations of events and were not substantiated or contested within the recorded exchange. The speaker’s remarks drew an interruption from the chair, with someone calling for "Order."
