White House budget director advocates more funding for own agency, cuts for others

By: Jennifer Shutt

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: June 30, 2026

Words: 687

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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WASHINGTON — White House budget director Russ Vought testified before a U.S. House panel Tuesday that his agency needs lawmakers to increase its annual budget, even though he hasn’t spent much of the $100 million Republicans approved in their “big, beautiful” law.

That earlier funding, he said, is intended to help the agency keep track of fraud throughout the federal government and to oversee a substantial increase to the annual defense budget should Congress agree to …

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