The independent watchdog agency found that the Trump administration violated the 1974 Impoundment Control Act and that the federal government “must continue to carry out the statutory requirements of the program.”
“This legal decision affirms what we’ve long known: The president is breaking the law to block funding Congress passed on a bipartisan basis and that is owed to the American people — simply because he disagrees with it,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) said in a statement.
However, a White House budget office spokeswoman disagreed with GAO’s assessment and said the Transportation Department was “appropriately using” its authority to revoke the program.
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Earlier this month, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that the EV program would be recalled. He accused the “Biden-Buttigieg Administration” of “wast[ing] time,
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