[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H606-H607]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE ADMINISTRATION

  (Mr. MRVAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MRVAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to share the abject frustration 
constituents of northwest Indiana have expressed due to the 
administration's incoherent and overreaching executive orders that 
create unnecessary confusion in their failed attempts to improve 
government efficiencies.
  Is it efficient when individuals, small businesses, municipalities, 
and nonprofit organizations that provide benefits to seniors, veterans, 
and children are frozen without guidance?

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  Is it efficient when a Federal employee hired for 20 years, living in 
my district, is told to report back to an office in D.C. that never 
existed?
  Is it efficient when officials immediately end public transit 
services that seniors rely upon and when community health centers that 
provide essential services to vulnerable populations can't access 
government websites? These actions are creating inefficiencies and 
wasting taxpayer dollars.
  As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, I encourage the 
administration to look forward and put their proposals in their 
upcoming budget requests. Let's begin the constitutional process and 
real negotiations with checks and balances to benefit the American 
people.

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