Edward Markey: “DOGE employees use[d] to cancel 1400 National Endowment of…”

“Just write an algorithm and just send it throughout the federal government figure out who deserves and who doesn't deserve a grant. This is a deeply flawed process that DOGE employees use[d] to cancel 1400 National Endowment of Humanities grants because the grants specifically address women and minorities. Bad algorithm, bad outcome for women and minorities. None of these grants were secret nor were they controversial. This is not an open and transparent government.” (04:14–04:25)

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