Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander joined more than 100 of her colleagues in demanding Comptroller General Gene Dodaro of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) develop and maintain a database to systematically track delays in disbursing appropriated and obligated funds to American communities.
“The freezing of IRA and IIJA funds has already had immediate and measurable consequences, jeopardizing national and state climate initiatives and harming communities that rely on this funding,” the lawmakers wrote. “The lack of transparency around the executive order’s implementation has made it difficult for impacted communities, businesses, and state governments to plan effectively, creating unnecessary uncertainty, financial hardship, and disruption to critical infrastructure projects.”
In January 2025, the White House implemented a freeze on federal funds from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), even though most of these funds had already been congressionally appropriated and obligated. Although multiple court rulings have struck down these freezes, the Trump administration has been slow to comply, leaving many grant and funding recipients unable to access the funds they were promised.
The letter was led by Rep. Sean Casten and also signed by Reps. Ansari, Yassamin; Balint, Becca; Barragán, Nanette; Beatty, Joyce; Beyer, Donald; Bishop, Sanford; Boyle, Brendan; Brownley, Julia; Brown, Shontel; Budzinski, Nikki; Carbajal, Salud; Case, Ed; Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila; Cisneros, Gilbert; Clarke, Yvette; Cleaver, Emanuel; Cohen, Steve; Correa, J.; Costa, Jim; Crockett, Jasmine; Davis, Danny; DeGette, Diana; Deluzio, Christopher; DeSaulnier, Mark; Espaillat, Adriano; Evans, Dwight; Fields, Cleo; Figures, Shomari; Foster, Bill; Friedman, Laura; Frost, Maxwell; Garamendi, John; García, Jesús; Garcia, Robert; Garcia, Sylvia; Goldman, Daniel; Goodlander, Maggie; Himes, James; Houlahan, Chrissy; Hoyle, Val; Huffman, Jared; Ivey, Glenn; Jackson, Jonathan; Jacobs, Sara; Jayapal, Pramila; Johnson, Julie; Kaptur, Marcy; Kelly, Robin; Kennedy, Timothy; Khanna, Ro; Krishnamoorthi, Raja; Landsman, Greg; Larsen, Rick; Latimer, George; Lee, Susie; Leger Fernandez, Teresa; Levin, Mike; Lieu, Ted; Lofgren, Zoe; Matsui, Doris; McBath, Lucy; McClain Delaney, April; McCollum, Betty; McGovern, James; McIver, LaMonica; Meeks, Gregory; Moore, Gwen; Moskowitz, Jared; Moulton, Seth; Mullin, Kevin; Nadler, Jerrold; Neguse, Joe; Norton, Eleanor; Olszewski, Johnny; Panetta, Jimmy; Peters, Scott; Pettersen, Brittany; Pocan, Mark; Quigley, Mike; Ramirez, Delia; Randall, Emily; Raskin, Jamie; Ross, Deborah; Salinas, Andrea; Scanlon, Mary Gay; Scott, Robert; Smith, Adam; Sorensen, Eric; Soto, Darren; Stansbury, Melanie; Stanton, Greg; Stevens, Haley; Strickland, Marilyn; Subramanyam, Suhas; Takano, Mark; Thanedar, Shri; Thompson, Bennie; Thompson, Mike; Titus, Dina; Tokuda, Jill; Torres, Ritchie; Trahan, Lori; Underwood, Lauren; Vargas, Juan; Velázquez, Nydia; Wasserman Schultz, Debbie; Waters, Maxine; and Williams, Nikema.
A copy of the letter can be found here.
