A bipartisan group of more than two dozen US senators is asking the Trump administration to release hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked for loans to people and businesses in poor and rural communities https://t.co/Fg8PwKXjni
Senators in Alabama, Louisiana, West Virginia, South Carolina, Maine, Kentucky, Alaska, Indiana, Kansas, & Pennsylvania also signed the letter. Universities & research centers that were supposed to receive NIH funding r at risk of losing thousands of jobs because of the freeze: https://t.co/CI0Ufyztz9
North Carolina senator & 13 of his colleagues in the senate sent a letter to Vought (Dir of White House Office of Management & Budget) to release the NIH funds immediately that Congress has already appropriated for critical research in cancer, heart disease, & rare disorders. https://t.co/cHh2ALWct9
A group of ten Republican U.S. senators has formally urged the Trump administration to reverse its decision to withhold $6.8 billion in federal funding for K-12 education programs. The funds, which were already appropriated by Congress, are intended to support school aid. The senators expressed concerns that the administration's freeze on these funds would harm students and undermine educational programs. This bipartisan pushback highlights growing dissent within the Republican Party regarding the administration's approach to education funding.