Schumer, Merkley, Murray, Peters Call On Trump Budget Chief Russ Vought To Resign

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and US Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice-Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following joint statement calling for the resignation of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought.

“Even before his first day in office, Russ Vought has made it the Trump administration’s mission to undermine the Constitution and disregard the rule of law. By impounding billions of dollars in appropriated funding and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece. He is bent on punishing federal workers who protect our national security and deliver vital services to every American by pushing for agencies to fire thousands of nonpartisan public servants during the Republican shutdown.

“This isn’t simply a policy disagreement between Congress and the White House. Vought’s weaponization of the federal government and disregard for the rule of law threatens the very checks and balances that make our system of government work. He is unfit to serve, and he must resign.”

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