Just yesterday, as you know, the president was forced so sort of to back down from really impounding trillions of dollars of spending, as One of his executive orders demanded that the Office of Management and Budget [freeze] on all appropriations. even those appropriations, of course, that Congress had already passed, both houses signed into law. The law. And of course, as is usual with this president, he overstepped his boundaries and overstepped his powers, and we had many organizations, thank God. (04:44–04:55)
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Asserts that an executive order attempted to freeze all congressional appropriations.
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