This legislation would compel the Trump Administration to give Congress all relevant information related to the freezing of child care, social service, and welfare funds for Illinois, California, Colorado, Minnesota, and New York.
Compel the Trump Administration and HHS to release all relevant records about the freeze of child care, welfare, and social services funding and use congressional oversight to prevent similar abuses of power from happening again.
Occurrences
Evidence
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GovInfo bill text shows Rep. Danny K. Davis introduced H. Res. 1432 on July 15, 2026, and it was referred to House Ways and Means. The resolution would request the President and direct HHS to transmit records concerning the TANF, CCDF, and SSBG payment freeze within 14 days after adoption.
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Davis's office said the Resolution of Inquiry would require HHS to transmit information about the freeze if adopted, and stated that HHS had refused to provide a legal basis, fraud evidence, and basic facts about the funding stoppage.
Assessments
Davis materially advanced the promised oversight by introducing H. Res. 1432 on July 15, 2026, a resolution of inquiry that would have directed HHS and requested the President to transmit records about the TANF, CCDF, and SSBG funding freeze. However, the resolution remained referred to the House Ways and Means Committee, with no evidence that it was adopted, that HHS released the records because of it, or that Congress enacted safeguards preventing similar abuses. This is a serious same-term oversight attempt, but the promised compelled release and preventive oversight outcome was not delivered.