Trump Cancels Food Research Funding Popular with Republicans

The White House is Canceling millions of dollars that Dozens of Universities use to Research Food Production, despite Budget Chief Russell Vought’s Promise to leave that Money Untouched. Using a Controversial Loophole to Cancel Federal Cash at the End of the Fiscal year, which comes to a Close at Midnight Tuesday, Trump (R) has targeted $4 billion in Federal Spending on International Aid and Development. That includes $72 million for USAID’s Feed the Future Innovation Labs, which is popular with Republicans.

Using a Controversial Loophole to Cancel Federal Cash at the End of the Fiscal year, which comes to a Close at Midnight9/30/2025. Trump has targeted $4 billion in Federal Spending on International Aid and Development. That includes $72 million for USAID’s Feed the Future Innovation Labs, which is Popular with Republicans.

Vought’s Reversal is the Latest Example of how Trump’s Sweeping attempt to Claim Authority over the Federal Budget without Congressional Approval is Running into His own Party’s Priorities. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), whose State Hosts the Fish Innovation Lab through Mississippi State University, sought Assurance from Vought at a Congressional Hearing earlier this year, that the Funding would be Preserved.

“The lab’s work truly illustrates the proverb, ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime,’” Hyde-Smith said. “Rather than giving other countries food, we are teaching them how to feed themselves through modern aquaculture practices.”

Vought Assured Her at the time, He didn’t intend to Target the Labs’ Funding. “We will still have $5 billion nearly in this funding for priorities and programs like this, of which this will be protected,” He said. “We have no desire in this rescission package to touch that funding that seems to be so successful.”

Then, in August, Vought declared the Unilateral Cancellation of every Dollar in the Account that Funds the Labs, in an End-Run around Congress. The Supreme Court has since Ruled that Trump can Withhold Billions of Dollars in Question, effectively blessing the Gambit the President is using to Cancel Federal Cash without Congress’ Consent. Vought has repeatedly Disputed Assertions by Lawmakers from both Parties, the Nonpartisan Government Accountability Office and Legal Experts that the Maneuver, a so-called Pocket Recession, is Illegal.

One Person who formerly worked on Feed the Future Programming said that the Labs’ Research didn’t just Help other Countries, but also the U.S. It has Helped Develop ways to Counter a Pest Abroad, which can in turn Set the U.S. up for Success when the Pest arrives on American Shores.










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