February 2, 2025
Dear Friend:
President Trump has signed dozens of executive orders to get this country back on track, including orders to begin securing our border, strengthening our military, and putting a stop to Washington's runaway bureaucracy. With so much rapid change can come confusion, especially in a time when the media is still hoping to paint this Administration and the Republican agenda in the most negative light. This happened this week regarding an Office of Management and Budget memo that was released, intending to help agencies comply with the President's executive orders.
In the last Trump Administration, bureaucrats across federal agencies in Washington ignored his executive orders and continued to spend federal dollars on pet projects that went against the Administration's agenda. That is not going to happen this time around. Agencies and Departments must comply with the President's orders. Federal grant programs are under review and will have to prove that they are in the best interest of the American people in order to continue. These orders are targeting programs, projects, and activities related to DEI, the Green New Deal, and nongovernmental organizations that undermine America's interests.
Despite what some in the media continue to claim, direct aid payments were never at risk of being frozen, even temporarily. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP were never going to be impacted. The White House even went to far as to clarify in a second memo that funds for small businesses, farmers, Pell grants, Head Start, rental assistance, and other similar programs are and were not at risk of being paused.
I look forward to working with this Administration to take a good, hard look at what federal bureaucrats have been spending taxpayer dollars on and making sure any future spending supports this country's best interests.
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