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The Administration’s temporary pause of disbursements of federal funds via grants and other agreements is flagrantly illegal and a clear attempt to wield unconstitutional powers via the Presidency. It contravenes well-established law that prevents any individual or branch of government from using the power of the government checkbook to further ideological goals. In short, this action must be stopped through whatever means available. With their action, President Trump and his administration are not attempting to serve the American people. People will go hungry, patients will remain sick, students will not be educated, knowledge will not be discovered, roads will not be built, air travel will be less safe, and the basic functions of our society will be upended or destroyed. As the leader of the Executive Branch, the President is required to oversee the distribution of funds authorized by Congress. The President is NOT a monarch or autocrat, and cannot decide on a whim to reverse the will of the people as expressed through representatives in Congress. The President cannot stop what Congress has agreed upon through the legislative process. The President and his administration have operated illegally in this matter. Worse, they have done so in the full knowledge that their actions are illegal and, it seems from the OMB memo that initiated the action, in service of a theological agenda that does not represent the wishes or needs of the vast majority of Americans. They have flagrantly spat in the face of Congress and our Constitutional order. This cannot be allowed to stand. I expect you and your colleagues in Congress to immediately refute this action.