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Rosa DeLauro: “Not only is freezing the money in this proposal illegal, but the administration has also clearly been unlawfully…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2026
Not only is freezing the money in this proposal illegal, but the administration has also clearly been unlawfully impounding funds all year just to get to this point.
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

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Criticism of the Trump administration's funding actions.

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