President Trump has proposed a different approach. He wants to make deep cuts to domestic programs to pay for increased defense spending and to build a misguided and expensive wall on our southern border.
Leahy criticizes Trump's proposed budget cuts affecting domestic programs.
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Congress was the original classification authority (OCA). It let that power essentially slip away to the Executive Branch.
I can say with absolute certainty that the proposed rules directly conflict with the legislation on a variety of matters, especially on provisions that limit access to the PTAB.
People in the Trump administration who know nothing and care less about these programs are arbitrarily jeopardizing relations with a strategic partner in one of the most challenging regions of the world.
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