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I just had a substantive question yesterday of why not stop some management

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budget directed across the board.

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for individual assistance, we understand, to federal grants.

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It's also a lot of confusion around the country, head start providers among

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services to homeless veterans, Medicaid provider states saying they're having

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trouble accessing the portal. Could you help us clear up some of the confusion

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and give some certainty to folks? And also, is that uncertainty?

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How does that uncertainty service the President's voters?

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Well I think there's only uncertainty in this room amongst the media. There's no uncertainty in

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this building. So let me provide the certainty and the clarity that all of you need. This is not

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a blanket pause on federal assistance in grant programs from the Trump administration. Individual

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assistance, that includes, I'm not naming everything that's included, but just to give you a few

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examples, social security benefits, Medicare benefits, food stamps, welfare benefits, assistance

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will not be impacted by this pause and I want to make that very clear to any

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Americans who are watching at home who may be a little bit confused about some

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of the media reporting this administration if you're receiving

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individual assistance from the federal government you will still continue to

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receive that however it is the responsibility of this president and

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this administration to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars that is something

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that president Trump campaigned on that's why he has launched doge the

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working alongside OMB. And that's why OMB sent out this memo last night because the president

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signed an executive order directing OMB to do just this. And the reason for this is to ensure

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that every penny that is going out the door is not conflicting with the executive orders and

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actions that this president has taken. So what does this pause mean? It means no more funding for

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illegal DEI programs. It means no more funding for the Green News scam that has cost American

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billions of dollars. It means no more funding for transgenderism and wokeness

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across our federal bureaucracy and agencies. No more funding for Green New

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Deal social engineering policies. Again, people who are receiving individual

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assistance, you will continue to receive that. And President Trump is looking out

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for you by issuing this pause because he is being good steward of your taxpayer

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dollars.