1. United States
2. Wash.
3. Letter

As a constituent I am appalled that Russell Vought, OMB director has ordered the Transportation Department to rescind $943 million from Colorado, Illinois, California and Minnesota, and it directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to rescind $602 million from those states. Those healthcare dollars are critical. The health programs facing cuts include: $5.2 million for the Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago to increase use of HIV-prevention drug PrEP among Black women; $3 million for Colorado to address COVID-19 related health disparities; $988,000 for Chicago to engage with populations impacted by HIV and other sexually transmitted infections; and $500,000 for the University of California to evaluate intimate-partner violence among LGBTQ youth. I want you to restore the health care dollars and direct it to those programs and I want you to restore the transportation funds Vought chose to cut because they were going to Democratic states. Congress directed where the funds should go now make sure it happens.