Following Van Hollen-Led Push, Administration Reverses Course on Proposed Rule That Threatened to Reduce Federal Funds for Md. Communities
July 14, 2021
July 14, 2021
WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 13, 2021:
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) applauded the decision by the Biden Administration Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to abandon the Trump Administration's proposed plan to change the current definition of a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Under the Trump Administration, OMB had proposed doubling the minimum requirement for a MSA from 50,000 to 100,000. Th . . .
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) applauded the decision by the Biden Administration Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to abandon the Trump Administration's proposed plan to change the current definition of a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Under the Trump Administration, OMB had proposed doubling the minimum requirement for a MSA from 50,000 to 100,000. Th . . .