Most at risk is the $25 million Congress has steered toward gun violence research every year since 2019. Split equally between the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the funding has typically not been written into budget bills themselves. Instead, lawmakers include it in “explanatory text” meant to direct agencies on spending. While traditionally followed, the texts are not legally binding to the same degree as a budget bill. The Republicans’ continuing resolution could invalidate the texts, potentially allowing the Trump administration to spend that $25 million elsewhere.
“It allows the administration to have discretion in not funding things or redirecting the money to other priorities than what Congress had originally intended the monies for,” said James Mercy, the former head of the CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention. “The firearm research monies would be under threat if this CR is passed.”
Senator Patty Murray of Washington and Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the top Democrats on the Senate and House appropriations committees, both released memos last week accusing Republicans of structuring the bill to hand the Trump administration more power. Murray listed gun violence research among the funding categories that would be vulnerable.
— Chip Brownlee in GOP Budget Could Divert Millions From Gun Violence Prevention, Democrats Say
My goodness!
How much does Rep. DeLauro charge to haunt a house?
Do you have to pay more than once for the they/them rate?
Me: AI, make a funny picture of a scary old Democrat.
AI: Eh, here’s a picture of Rep. Rosa DeLauro.
Ha!
Good one! 😄
She looks like one of the Three Stooges’ Shemp Howard in drag.
I haven’t lived in CT for over twenty years and even back then I would marvel that this monster was still alive whenever her…face? would appear on TV.
Somebody kill it with fire. Lots and lots of fire.
It looks like Rosa DeLauro (the article pic) has dried up.
She looks like a bag of prunes with the best ones taken out. She is a commie as are all of CT’s delegates
REAL Gun Statistics: What They WON’T Say! How Guns do NOT “Cause” Crime with proof.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeBQeNqz3jo
I thought Dorothy melted the wicked witch of the east with a bucket of water?
Ok kids, let’s not denigrate the representative’s looks. We all have/had grandmothers that are not dissimilar. Let’s denigrate her policies and beliefs. Those are fair targets. And she is a walking treasure chest of anti 2nd amendment policies.
Speak for yourself. My grandmothers weren’t trying to look like the young “hip” girls when they were in their 80s or 30s for that matter. She deserves to be laughed at specifically for her choice of style, or lack thereof. Societal norms exist for a reason. Ignore them at your peril.
“It’s what I voted for.” (IWIVF)
Also, “Make the rubble bounce!” (MTRB)
The smart play here would be to redirect all of the money to fund research by John Lott.