Collins warns OMB about unspent global health funding

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National Headlines- September 25 2026

National Headlines- September 25 2026

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, called on the Trump administration to spend more than $1 billion of global health funding that Congress has already appropriated before it expires Wednesday. 

In a letter sent to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought and Eric Ueland — the Trump aide in charge of the remnants of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) — Collins warned that $1.3 billion appropriated in fiscal 2025 must be spent as intended. 

The Maine Republican said she doesn’t want to see the funding expire, or for the administration to use the money for “unknown closeout costs” related to the........

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