Summary
Russell Vought, head of the Office of Management and Budget, told Congress that the Department of Homeland Security is falling apart because it has not received funding. He said they are working on ways to pay employees temporarily to keep them from quitting during the funding delay.
Key Facts
- Russell Vought is the director of the Office of Management and Budget.
- He spoke at a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Thursday.
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is currently not funded by Congress.
- DHS includes agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
- Vought said DHS employees need to be paid temporarily to prevent them from quitting.
- There is no agreement yet in Congress on a funding package for DHS.
- President Trump has said he will sign an order to resume pay for Homeland Security workers without Congress.
