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Text of a Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate
STATEMENTS & RELEASES
Text of a Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate
BUDGET & SPENDING
Issued on: January 14, 2021
Dear Madam Speaker: ( Dear Mr. President: )
In accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683(a)), I herewith report 73 rescissions of budget authority, totaling $27.4 billion.
The proposed rescissions affect programs of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, the Interior, Justice, Labor, State, and the Treasury, as well as the African Development Foundation, the Commission of Fine Arts, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the District of Columbia, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Inter-American Foundation, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, the National Gallery of Art, the Peace Corps, the Presidio Trust, the United States Agency for International Development, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
The details of these rescissions are set forth in the enclosed letter from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Sincerely,
DONALD J. TRUMP
Text of a Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate
BUDGET & SPENDING
Issued on: January 14, 2021
Dear Madam Speaker: ( Dear Mr. President: )
In accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683(a)), I herewith report 73 rescissions of budget authority, totaling $27.4 billion.
The proposed rescissions affect programs of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, the Interior, Justice, Labor, State, and the Treasury, as well as the African Development Foundation, the Commission of Fine Arts, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the District of Columbia, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Inter-American Foundation, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, the National Gallery of Art, the Peace Corps, the Presidio Trust, the United States Agency for International Development, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
The details of these rescissions are set forth in the enclosed letter from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Sincerely,
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Text of a Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2021
OP
patricia92243
(12,604 posts)1. What is he talking about?
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)2. Trump takes a dump on his way out the door.
Sweep that shit aside.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)3. It seems he is basically cutting their budgets by $27B
or was the money not spent and won't be spent now?
gibraltar72
(7,513 posts)4. Today he became President!!
dchill
(38,556 posts)5. Another executive order for Biden to issue.
Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)
Thomas Hurt This message was self-deleted by its author.
bdtrppr6
(796 posts)7. he hates everything and everyone
i really want him to fall harder than fucking Icarus
what a fucking major asshole
Raven123
(4,878 posts)8. Just add it to the "Undo List"
2naSalit
(86,823 posts)9. He's consumed by his need to hurt everyone.