WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined the entire Senate Democratic caucus in demanding Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought immediately rescind OMB's proposed changes to federal financial assistance. The senators warned the proposal exceeds OMB's statutory authority, undermines Congress' constitutional power of the purse, and would allow the president to weaponize federal grants for political purposes.
"New Yorkers will not tolerate the Trump administration playing political games with the grant money that fuels scientific innovation, life-saving research, and modern infrastructure ...