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Rosa DeLauro: “OMB implementing political review of grants has led to…”

Featuring: Rosa DeLauro, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 3rd Congressional District

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Published June 30, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:25

I think you've made clear, Director, that you are not going to really carry out the spending laws as Congress intended. And that really is very, very troubling. Look, we've already seen OMB implementing political review of grants has led to massive delays at NSF. The NIH has had about a 34% decrease in new awards in 2026 compared to what they've done in the past. (00:25–00:28)

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Asserts that OMB's political review of grants has caused significant delays at the National Science Foundation.

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“NIH has had about a 34% decrease in new awards in 2026 compared to what they've done in the past.”
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“The decrease [in NIH awards] is due to new layers of political review at the NIH, HHS, OMB, and the Office of Extramural Research.”
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“Political appointees have really denied the award.”
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“This committee hasn't even seen spend plans that we're supposed to get.”
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“There's a rule in the process of comment which you won't extend the timing on.”
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“The rule is specific about who is going to review the grants, not on merit, but through a political lens.”
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“Political appointees making the decision not based on evidence and not based on the science of the award.”
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“You are all in the business of reversing [the scientific review process] and putting all of these grants through a political lens.”
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“The Constitution says the appropriations process is the power of the purse. You are ignoring that.”
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“No president has the right to just violate the United States Constitution.”
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