Washington, D.C.– In response to Trump announcing that he is rescinding his decision to cut essential programs from earlier this week, the League of Conservation Voters released the following statement from Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Tiernan Sittenfeld: 

“Despite the chaos and confusion that has already caused damage, here is what we know: the American people rose up to push back against this dangerous, illegal, and harmful effort to cut essential programs that support working families and protect our environment. The immediate harm to people and communities across the country may be paused, but our fight must continue. As the White House has already made clear, they will only continue to attempt to cut essential programs that help people, lower costs, and create jobs. They will continue to push through more extreme actions that only look out for their ultra wealthy allies, while working families suffer the consequences. They are still intent on confirming Russell Vought, the architect of this destructive and clearly unconstitutional policy even after having to rescind it in the face of massive public opposition and successful legal challenges. They are still focused on banning clean energy and cutting essential programs like clean water protections, disaster relief, and home heating assistance all to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. We will continue fighting back against Project 2025 and Trump’s dirty agenda at every step to ensure our families, communities and environment are safe from these attacks.”

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