Vanishing $100 Million: Nebraska health officials decry federal cuts

Rep. Don Bacon, a Republican who represents most of the Omaha metro area, said in a written response that freezing grants and firing personnel should be done with a scalpel, not a sledgehammer, and that money appropriated by Congress must be honored by the White House.

“While I agree with the White House that we need to find the waste, I sometimes feel as if those working for Pres. Trump rush to make a big move and make big headlines, then turn around and correct it,” Bacon wrote. “If they just measure twice and cut once, we would be in a much better position.”