Governor PA says that $ 2.1 billion in federal financing has been restored after sued Trump’s administrator

Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro announced on Monday that $ 2.1 billion in federal fund Donald Trump Executive actions.

Shapiro sued the Trump administration on February 13, joining the 22 initial states and Colombia district, with processes that challenge Trump’s “illegal” federal freezing. Shapiro said the legal action was necessary to restore the federal financing in Pennsylvania.

Shapiro, who was in Washington for the National Association of Governors (NGA) last week, said he asked Trump’s tall members to dig up federal funds.

“When I went to the White House on Friday, we raised the problem of our frozen federal financing again to President Trump’s upper team and members of his office,” Shapiro told reporters on Monday. “I urged him to follow the law and honor his agreements with Pennsylvania. As a result of direct involvement last week, our financing is unfounded. Now I follow the law and we will continue to press our case.”

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Shapiro said that his directing obtained access from Pennsylvania to the funds “due properly”.

“I was very directly with them. They were very receptive to me. And, consequently, Pennsylvania now has what is due to us,” added Shapiro.

White house The Management Office and the budget guided the agencies to stop the federal financing on January 27, in accordance with Trump’s executive orders. Federal judges issued a temporary restriction order to block the freezing of financing before Shapiro’s process, but only states with litigation against Trump administration could access unfounded funds.

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“As a result of our process and our continuous pressure and involvement with The Trump administrationIn which we asked for the administration to comply with the legal ordinances at present, we made out that we are ready to request immediate exemption from the courts. Each dollar we have identified when submitting our process is currently unfounded and, once again, accessible to all Pennsylvania state agencies, ”said Shapiro.

The federal financing of $ 2.1 billion restores what Shapiro has described as “critical programs and infrastructure projects that were dangerous to this illegal freezing.” These programs include connecting abandoned wells, cleaning the waterways, protecting farmers against drainage water, repairing mine and delivery of clean water to Pennsilvanians, Shapiro said. He said that several projects that were stopped have been restored and dozens of federal employees are now at work.

Shapiro said it was his responsibility for the governor to take legal measures against the federal government when necessary to deliver Pennsylvania.

“It is my job to protect the interests of Pennsylvania and I will use each tool at my disposal, from legal actions to my direct involvement, to ensure that Pennsylvanians are protected and that Pennsylvanians funds are based every day, the funds that Pennsylvanans pay In federal taxes make their way back to our Commonwealth and we receive every federal dollar that It is due to us, “said Shapiro.

The legal dance of Trump’s executive actions is fully displayed in Shapiro’s dispute, because the governor said he sued the Trump administration was the only way to dig up the federal funds of Pennsylvania. Shapiro’s legal win is the latest ongoing litigation between state and federal governments.

During the governor’s work session at White house On Friday, when Shapiro told High officials Trump to restore the federal financing of his state, governor Janet Mills, D-Maine, told Trump: “See you in court.”

Trump told Mills, in a moment, Vice President NGA, Kevin Stitt, R-Okla., Described as “uncomfortable”, that tomorrow he will receive no federal financing if he does not comply Compete in women’s women’s sports to compete in women’s sports.

Mills said in a statement that tomorrow “he will not be intimidated by the president’s threats.”

“If the president tries to deprive unilaterally Children of school tomorrow From the benefit of federal financing, my administration and the general prosecutor will take all the appropriate and necessary legal measures to restore this financing and the academic opportunity it offers, ”added Mills.

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As Trump continues to implement part of his agenda through the executive action, Democrats are based on federal disputes to challenge the executive authority of the Trump administration, that many call a “constitutional crisis”.

The White House did not immediately respond to a comment request regarding the unfounded federal funds in Pennsylvania.