Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), was questioned over a series of executive orders signed this week that targeted approved congressional funding.
Hours after taking office on Jan. 20, Trump signed executive orders directing government agencies to suspend billions of dollars in funds from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
An OMB memo later confirmed that the newly inaugurated president’s order applies to funds that breach various policy objectives, such as enabling more oil and gas output on federal lands and abolishing taxpayer support for electric vehicles. Other funds appropriated for infrastructure, such as bridges, highways, and transit, will not be impacted….