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Senators accuse Corps of politicizing project pauses; Whitehouse says OMB froze $11B in projects
Summary
Ranking Member Whitehouse and other senators accused the Corps and OMB of pausing roughly $11 billion in Corps funding for projects in certain states and of blocking information; Corps officials said reviews are under administrative/O M B review and pledged to provide requested reports and data.
Senators from both parties pressed Corps witnesses about an October administrative action that froze roughly $11,000,000,000 in Corps funding for studies and projects. Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse accused the administration of politicizing Corps decisions and said the pause appeared to fall disproportionately on projects in states represented by Democratic senators.
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