Dems to unravel Russell Vought on Doge Cutts, accuses Trump’s administrator of having killed thousands

Senator Jeff Merkley, D-ear. Accused the director of management and budget management of Trump (OMB), Russell Vought, of being responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of children due to the budget cuts he supervised under the Trump administration.

Vought had to face a high intensity of the grills of the democratic senators and the GOP in the Senate credit committee on Wednesday Above a set of proposed budget cuts – called a set of attractions – the administration sent to legislative management earlier this month.

The members of the Democratic Committee, as well as certain Republicans, seemed very frustrated by the administration on the proposed cuts. At one point during the hearing, several demonstrators got up and started to scream, causing the procedure briefly arrested. We did not know what the demonstrators opposed.

While Vought said that the administration cuts in the USAID and PEPFAR had not interrupted a rescue treatment, Merkley said that the complaint is a “enormous deception”.

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In this file photo of January 24, 2019, Senator Jeff Merkley, D-ear., Is expressed during the meeting of the mayors of the American conference in Washington. Right: the management director and director of the budget for President Donald Trump, Russell Vought, is sworn in at the Senate Banking Committee’s appointment at the Dirksen Senate on January 22, 2025 in Washington, DC (Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images and Ap Photo / Jose Luis Magana, File)

According to Merkley, a study by the Boston University School of Public Health says that some 246,000 children died due to the various foreign aid programs reduced to Doge.

“We are talking about a quarter of a million children due to your irresponsible closure of programs that the congress had fully authorized, and you have not institutionally closed in partnership with Elon Musk and the Secretary of State,” licensed Merkley. “What do you think of being responsible for hundreds of thousands of children who die because of your sudden interruption of these key programs?”

Vought has considerably rejected the assertion, claiming that each administration “has the capacity to do a programmatic examination when they come into office” and to make changes according to “new expenditure priorities”.

Before being able to finish, Merkley cut Vought Off, saying: “I find your answer both ignorant and insensitive.”

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An American flag and an USAID flag fly in front of the USAID building in Washington, DC, United States, February 1, 2025. (Reuters / Annabelle Gordon)

“You have chosen to close programs in the middle that have resulted in hundreds of thousands of children who have died in recent months. I find that, heinous, and few Americans have ever had such a devastating and disastrous impact,” exclaimed Merkley.

Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., Also confronted Vought, accusing the administration of having tried to maneuver illegally around the congress to carry out his cuts, which said that American interests abroad.

“Do you want to say specifically where, the Philippines, the Pacific Islands, Jordan, you plan to undermine American interests?” She asked which Vought replied: “Of course not. We were very clear in all the priorities of the administration according to which all our commitments concerning Jordan and Egypt are maintained.”

Before Vought could finish, Murray has cut again, saying: “I guess you cannot share what humanitarian crisis with which this administration plans to leave, what we will vote on, and this is essential information.”

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Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., Is one of the Democrats of the Credit Committee who challenged Vought on Doge Cuts and their impact. (Jacquelyn Martin)

But it was not only the Democrats who took Vought on the task during the hearing.

Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, also expressed her frustration against the Doge Cuts of the Trump administration, taking a particular problem with cuts with public broadcasting, which, according to her, plays an important role in emergency services in her state.

Senator Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Also expressed objections to the cuts at Aid Foreign, which, according to him, were opportunities to project the Soft American Soft Power.

“Instead of creating efficiency, you have created vacuum cleaners for opponents such as China to fill responsible investments in the soft power, prevent conflicts, preserve American influence and save countless lives at the same time,” said McConnell.

For its part, Vought said that “it is essential that this body and the American people shine, understand that many foreign aid programs use benevolent consonance titles to hide a truly appalling activity which is not in accordance with American interests”.

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The director of the OMB, Russell Vought, presented here from a confirmation hearing of January 2025, was submitted to certain critical questions of Republican Sens. Murkowski and McConnell during an audience of the credit committee held on Wednesday, June 26. (Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images)

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Vought said that “the whole federal government must be responsible for each dollar taxpayers who come to Washington”.

“The American people voted for the change. President Trump is ready to put our tax house in order and put the American taxpayer first,” he said, adding: “A vote for cancellations is a vote to show that the US Senate is serious to obtain our budgetary house in order. I hope the Senate will join us in this struggle.”