The Trump administration cited multiple reasons the programs made the chopping block, arguing some were duplicative, underperforming or are out of line with the administration’s priorities.
Among those named included the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, the Sexual Risk Avoidance Program, Job Corps, the Community Development Block Grant program, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the 400 Years of African American History Commission, and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention program, which the administration said “is similar to the mandatory Personal Responsibility Education program.”
The U.S. Agency for Global Media, the U.S. Institute for Peace and the National Endowment for Democracy were also on the list, as development agencies find themselves in the administration’s crosshairs.
A breakdown in the Friday request outlines the proposed cuts by agency, with the administration calling for cuts of about 44 percent for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 31 percent for the Interior Department, 8 percent for the Justice Department, 35 percent for the Department of Labor, 84 percent for the Department of State and international programs and 19 percent for the Treasury Department.
At the same time, increases are proposed for several agencies, including a roughly 13 percent boost for the Department of Defense, a nearly 65 percent boost for the Homeland Security Department, a roughly 6 percent jump for the Transportation Department and an increase of about 4 percent for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The Hill’s Aris Folley has more here.
