Ranking Member Connolly Rebukes OMB Freeze on Federal Grants and Loans That May Paralyze Essential Public Programs, Bring Harm to Millions of Families

Washington, D.C. (January 28, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the Office of Management and Budget ordered a sweeping freeze on all federal grants and loans—potentially halting public programs relied on by millions of Americans.

“Project 2025 is no longer a policy document Republicans can run away from. It is Trump’s playbook for his first week in office.  Freezing federal grants and loans that Congress approved, firing IGs without cause or legally required congressional notice, and implementing Schedule F is Project 2025.  It is executive branch overreach and unconstitutional. Donald Trump is unleashing the carnage he says he deplores.”