Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the freeze on State-based Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Child Care and Development Fund, and Social Services Block Grant payments for California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York.
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Latest Action · July 15, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
This resolution demands that the President and Secretary of Health and Human Services provide Congress with documents related to a freeze on federal welfare payments to five states: California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York. The freeze affected three major assistance programs—Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Child Care and Development Fund, and Social Services Block Grant—which help low-income families and children. The resolution requires the administration to submit all relevant documents, communications, legal analyses, and records within 14 days, including materials about why these specific states were selected, a December 2025 tweet announcing the freeze, any disciplinary actions against the states, and details about contracts and staff assignments related to implementing the freeze. This is a request for information rather than legislation that would change laws or allocate funding, and it was introduced by House members concerned about the impact of the payment freeze on vulnerable populations in their districts.
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