Jan 20, 2025 · US Sen. Richard Blumenthal challenged President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) over his past proposals to reduce or eliminate benefits for...

Jan 17, 2025 · [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – During a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing this week on the nomination of Russell Vought to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) raised serious concerns about Vought’s previous proposals to begin means-testing veterans’ disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Jan 16, 2025 · [WASHINGTON, DC] – In case you missed it, during this week’s Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the nomination of Russell Vought to serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), pressed Vought on whether President-elect Trump’s administration ...

Jan 20, 2025 · US Sen. Richard Blumenthal challenged President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) over his past proposals to reduce or eliminate benefits for certain veterans to save money in the Veterans Affairs (VA) system.

Jan 15, 2025 · Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) asked Vought during the hearing if he believes the Impoundment Control Act is constitutional after also pressing the nominee on whether he would release funding...

Jan 22, 2025 · Last week at the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, Blumenthal pressed Office of Management and Budget Director nominee Russell Vought to renounce harmful proposals he made as part of his role as President of the Center for Renewing America to means-test VA disability compensation benefits and claw back benefits from ...

Jan 15, 2025 · As the hearings continued, Vought’s answer changed somewhat when Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., asked if he would approve the distribution of $3.8 billion in aid for Ukraine for its...

Jan 15, 2025 · Donald Trump's choice to oversee the federal budget, Russell Vought, defended the U.S. president-elect's goal of cutting spending by refusing to spend money that Congress has already authorized...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., questioned Russell Vought, nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget, in a confirmation hearing Wednesday held by the Senate Committee on...

Jan 15, 2025 · WASHINGTON – Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for White House budget director, declined Wednesday to fully commit to doling out congressionally approved funds, specifically...