.MaddowBlog: Trump admin. isn't backing off proposed cuts to CDC budget
deep cuts to the CDC budget before, and Congress ignored those requests. But calling for CDC cuts in the midst of a global viral outbreak seemed especially bizarre.Russ Vought, the acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, on Tuesday doubled down on proposed cuts to health services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , despite the coronavirus outbreak.
Rep. Matt Cartwright reminded the White House budget director that the president's blueprint proposed cuts to both the CDC and the Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund.
It would've been easy for Vought to make some comments about"changing conditions" and"unexpected fiscal demands," but instead the White House budget director,"If you're asking if I'm sending up a budget amendment, no, I'm not sending up a budget amendment."Even some congressional Republicans have raised concerns with the direction. Nearly three years ago, Rep.
Yesterday, in a hearing with CDC Director Robert Redfield, the Oklahoma congressman didn't reference his earlier warning, but he reminded the administration that budget-cut requests like these are pointless."This is not something that's likely to go away, and I think that's something again I hope the executive branch realizes over time, regardless of who's there,"
, adding,"So there's no sense sending us a budget that cuts things that we're not going to cut, and doesn't work with us in areas where we want to make investments."
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