01/28/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/28/2025 16:02
Washington, DC - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) issued the following statement slamming President Trump's unconstitutional federal funding freeze, which is jeopardizing education and health care programs and other federal initiatives that Rhode Islanders rely on.
"Trump's power grab was plucked directly from the Project 2025 playbook. Rhode Islanders pay their taxes and they expect to get a functioning federal government in return. It's hard to tell if this is incompetence or mischief, but this funding freeze is illegal and unconstitutional, and every single American has a stake in getting it undone," said Whitehouse.
This funding freeze threatens: