Congress funded the CDC's Alzheimer's work, the sickle cell and epilepsy data programs and a rape prevention unit, and Vought simply will not release the money. Grassley told him to his face he lacks the authority. The pocket rescission alone took 4.9 billion.
[Republicans furious as Trump’s...](https://www.alternet.org/russell-vought-2677770299/ )
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