Senate Democrats questioned California’s candidate for Office of Management and Budget, President-elect Donald Trump, over threats that he would withdraw federal funding for the state’s deadly fire.
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Both Sens. During his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Richard Blumenthal (D-OR ) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) pressed Vought about Trump’s threats to states.
Hassan first questioned Vought about whether he would support Trump “if the president said to me,” I don’t like California, and I’m not going to give them the disaster aid they need.”
” I don’t indulge in suppositions, but the president would not ask me to do something along those outlines”, he stated just.
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When Blumenthal pressed him to agree to release money authorized by the previous Congress to deal with fatal hurricanes last fall, Vought responded with a slightly more in-depth response.
” We may continue to release the money that’s properly been funded for these places, as we always have with regard to the FEMA money”, Vought responded.
