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President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday evening that he has selected Russell Vought as Director of the Office of Management and Budget for his new administration.
Vought served in the same role during Trump’s first administration.
CBS News reported:
Before he joined the first Trump White House Vought was vice president of Heritage Action for America, which leads a grassroots effort to implement conservative policies across the U.S. It produces a conservative scorecard that grades members of Congress on their votes on conservative bills.
Vought wrote a chapter of The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 blueprint — his chapter covers the “Executive Office of the President.”
The OMB director’s office develops the president’s proposed budget, and it’s responsible for executing the president’s agenda across the federal government.
Below is Trump’s full statement:
I am very pleased to nominate Russell Thurlow Vought, from the Great State of Virginia, as the Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB). He did an excellent job serving in this role in my First Term – We cut four Regulations for every new Regulation, and it was a Great Success!
Russ graduated with a B.A. from Wheaton College, and received his J.D. from the Washington University School of Law. Russ has spent many years working in Public Policy in Washington, D.C., and is an aggressive cost cutter and deregulator who will help us implement our America First Agenda across all Agencies.
Russ knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State and end Weaponized Government, and he will help us return Self Governance to the People. We will restore fiscal sanity to our Nation, and unleash the American People to new levels of Prosperity and Ingenuity.
I look forward to working with you again, Russ. Congratulations. Together, we will Make America Great Again!
🚨 NEW: President Trump announces the nomination of @russvought to Director of the Office of Management and Budget. pic.twitter.com/Kg347qGb7G
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) November 23, 2024
Sean Davis, co-founder of The Federalist, reacted, “This is the best nomination news of the week: Donald Trump will nominate Russ Vought to serve as OMB director in his second term. A renowned budget hawk, Vought will work with Trump, Elon Musk’s DOGE, and federal agencies to cut wasteful spending and harmful regulations which are strangling the economy.”
This is the best nomination news of the week: Donald Trump will nominate Russ Vought to serve as OMB director in his second term.
A renowned budget hawk, Vought will work with Trump, Elon Musk’s DOGE, and federal agencies to cut wasteful spending and harmful regulations which… pic.twitter.com/pH0QfrOp2O
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) November 23, 2024
Congratulations to CRA President @RussVought on being named Director of the Office of Management and Budget!
Russ is a Trump administration veteran and America First fighter who is committed to dismantling the Deep State’s woke and weaponized bureaucracy.
It’s time to make our… pic.twitter.com/5KdWrmptFi
— Center for Renewing America (@amrenewctr) November 23, 2024
🚨BREAKING: Trump just nominated Russ Vought as Director of OMB!
This is HUGE! pic.twitter.com/qx8JohLrZ0
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) November 23, 2024
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