“I am American first”

Rep. Becca Balint addresses Vermont business leaders on January 28,2025 (audio & transcript)

This morning, as my husband brought up the freshly brewed coffee to get us started on the day, he asked me if I’d read the news yet. I hadn’t event finished my Wordle game, so he informed me: the Trump administration imposed a federal funding freeze and called for all agencies to audit if the funds were to be spent for any of the activities Trump no lon…