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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's budget director stands by plan to cut CDC budget by 15 percent
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trumps-budget-director-stands-by-plan-to-cut-cdc-budget-by-15-percent/President Donald Trumps budget director stood by proposed budget cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) despite the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus.
Russ Vought, the acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, told Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., during a congressional hearing on Tuesday that the administration does not plan on amending its 2021 budget. That budget proposes reducing Health and Human Services funding by $9.5 billion, in the process cutting $1.2 billion from the CDCs budget (a reduction of 15%) and eliminating $35 million from the Infection Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund.
Vought initially responded to Cartwrights question by pointing to the $8.3 billion emergency supplemental package passed by Congress last week. That money would be spread out over many years, however, and had to be increased by Congress from the $2.5 billion initially required by the White House. It also does not impact the CDCs long term spending priorities.
The question is today, as we sit here and we know about coronavirus and the impact its taking on the people of the world and the economies of the world and the stock market and everything, as you sit here today, are you ready to take that back? Cartwright asked Vought regarding the 2021 budget cuts.
If youre asking if Im sending up a budget amendment, no, Im not sending up a budget amendment, Vought replied.
A spokesman for the White House Office of Management and Budget said that the CDC cuts did not impact the administrations ability to fight infectious diseases.
Russ Vought, the acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, told Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., during a congressional hearing on Tuesday that the administration does not plan on amending its 2021 budget. That budget proposes reducing Health and Human Services funding by $9.5 billion, in the process cutting $1.2 billion from the CDCs budget (a reduction of 15%) and eliminating $35 million from the Infection Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund.
Vought initially responded to Cartwrights question by pointing to the $8.3 billion emergency supplemental package passed by Congress last week. That money would be spread out over many years, however, and had to be increased by Congress from the $2.5 billion initially required by the White House. It also does not impact the CDCs long term spending priorities.
The question is today, as we sit here and we know about coronavirus and the impact its taking on the people of the world and the economies of the world and the stock market and everything, as you sit here today, are you ready to take that back? Cartwright asked Vought regarding the 2021 budget cuts.
If youre asking if Im sending up a budget amendment, no, Im not sending up a budget amendment, Vought replied.
A spokesman for the White House Office of Management and Budget said that the CDC cuts did not impact the administrations ability to fight infectious diseases.
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Trump's budget director stands by plan to cut CDC budget by 15 percent (Original Post)
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