Russ Vought

Well, it defies common sense. It defies the Constitution. But the reality is this has been a key pillar of the Democrats' administrative state. And one of their principles is that career individuals and not political appointees are the ones that they want to rely on making decisions and shielding those of us who are political appointees from the actual information that we need

to make decisions based on what the president would do if he was in our shoes. And you can't do that if you don't have access to the information and you don't have the tools at your disposal to make sure everything's going across your desk that you need to know to be a sound representative of the president.

to make decisions based on what the president would do if he was in our shoes. And you can't do that if you don't have access to the information and you don't have the tools at your disposal to make sure everything's going across your desk that you need to know to be a sound representative of the president.

to make decisions based on what the president would do if he was in our shoes. And you can't do that if you don't have access to the information and you don't have the tools at your disposal to make sure everything's going across your desk that you need to know to be a sound representative of the president.

80% of my time is working on the plans of what's necessary to take control of these bureaucracies. And we are working doggedly on that, whether it's

80% of my time is working on the plans of what's necessary to take control of these bureaucracies. And we are working doggedly on that, whether it's

80% of my time is working on the plans of what's necessary to take control of these bureaucracies. And we are working doggedly on that, whether it's

George Floyd obviously was not about race. It was about destabilizing the Trump administration. We put out, for instance, a 50-page paper designed for lawyers to know that the president has... you know, the ability both along the border and elsewhere to maintain law and order with the military.

George Floyd obviously was not about race. It was about destabilizing the Trump administration. We put out, for instance, a 50-page paper designed for lawyers to know that the president has... you know, the ability both along the border and elsewhere to maintain law and order with the military.

George Floyd obviously was not about race. It was about destabilizing the Trump administration. We put out, for instance, a 50-page paper designed for lawyers to know that the president has... you know, the ability both along the border and elsewhere to maintain law and order with the military.

And that's something that, you know, it's going to be important for him to remember and his lawyers to affirm. But we've given them the case for that.

And that's something that, you know, it's going to be important for him to remember and his lawyers to affirm. But we've given them the case for that.

And that's something that, you know, it's going to be important for him to remember and his lawyers to affirm. But we've given them the case for that.

Let's see how it plays out.

Let's see how it plays out.

Let's see how it plays out.

So OMB is the nerve center of the federal government, particularly the executive branch. So it has the ability to turn on and off any spending within the— Office of Management and Budget. Office of Management and Budget. It has the ability to turn off the spending that's going on at the agencies.

So OMB is the nerve center of the federal government, particularly the executive branch. So it has the ability to turn on and off any spending within the— Office of Management and Budget. Office of Management and Budget. It has the ability to turn off the spending that's going on at the agencies.

So OMB is the nerve center of the federal government, particularly the executive branch. So it has the ability to turn on and off any spending within the— Office of Management and Budget. Office of Management and Budget. It has the ability to turn off the spending that's going on at the agencies.

It has all the regulations coming through it to assess whether it's good or bad or too expensive or could be done a different way or what does the president think. and then all of government execution. So anytime you have cabinet executive branches conflicting with each other or working together on something, for instance, you know, the wall, the president wanted to fund the wall.