Bureaucrats Warn of Dire Consequences If Republicans Pursue Budget at 2022 Spending Levels

Bureaucrats leading various government agencies are raising concerns about the potential impact of steep expenditure cuts included in a Republican-backed budget proposal.
Nearly 20 agencies, including the Departments of State, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, Education, as well as the Social Security Administration, and several others, have written letters in recent weeks warning of the consequences of returning to 2022 spending levels for their offices next year.
The letters were sent in response to a January request from Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, for information on how freezing discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels will affect their agency….}