MARYLAND DEMOCRATS URGE OMB TO RESCIND RULE POLITICIZING FEDERAL GRANT DECISION-MAKING

Washington, July 14 -- Congressman Johnny Olszewski issued the following press release:

Maryland Congressional Delegation members - U.S. Representatives Johnny Olszewski, Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (all D-Md.) - are calling out the Trump Administration's attempts to undermine and politicize the federal grant-making process. In a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought, the lawmakers press OMB to rescind a new proposed rule that would overhaul the grantmaking and cooperative agreement processes across the entire federal government, centralizing power within OMB, reducing transparency and ac...