Tammy Baldwin: “And, if someone tries to interfere with that right, they need to be held accountable – no matter who they are.”

Schools and other grant recipients need a meaningful degree of certainty to properly plan their budgets and provide services to students.

This damage and uncertainty will only hurt student populations that federal funding intended to support.

On top of all of this, the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans undermining bipartisan budget agreements like this will only lead to more wasteful government shutdowns, when one side breaks the deal months later.

It’s just plain wrong, and I’m proud that our commonsense proposal passed the House and is one step closer to giving victims the relief they deserve.