Murray Grills Deputy OMB Director Nominee Hal Duncan, Sounds Alarm on Proposed OMB Rule to Politicize All Federal Grants and on Republican Attacks on Social Security

This press release from Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) was published on 2026-06-16 and titled "Murray Grills Deputy OMB Director Nominee Hal Duncan, Sounds Alarm on Proposed OMB Rule to Politicize All Federal Grants".

Murray Grills Deputy OMB Director Nominee Hal Duncan, Sounds Alarm on Proposed OMB Rule to Politicize All Federal Grants and on Republican Attacks on Social Security

***WATCH: Senator Murray’s full questioning*** Washington, D.C. — Today—at a Senate Budget Committee hearing to consider Hal Duncan’s nomination to serve as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)—U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a senior member and former chair of the Budget Committee, expressed her [ ] The post Murray Grills Deputy OMB Director Nominee Hal Duncan, Sounds Alarm on Proposed OMB Rule to Politicize All Federal Grants and on Republican Attacks on Social Security appeared first on Senator Patty Murray .