A recent memo from the Department of Transportation mandates that when assigning grants, loans, and contracts, priority should be given to communities with marriage and birth rates above the national average. This directive focuses on areas supporting families with young children and aims to mitigate transportation-related challenges they face. Only South Dakota and Utah currently meet these criteria based on 2022 CDC data. Additionally, the memo restricts funding recipients from enforcing vaccine mandates and emphasizes compliance with federal immigration laws, raising concerns about its unusual approach, according to insiders.
The memo explains that DOT-supported programs will focus on areas with higher marriage and birth rates, prioritizing families with young children in grant allocations.
The only states meeting the marriage and birth rate criteria are South Dakota and Utah, as per the latest CDC data.
The directive prohibits DOT funding recipients from mandating vaccines and masks, while enforcing compliance with federal immigration laws.
A source from Congress remarked that this memo is unprecedented in its approach, raising concerns about its implications and suggesting it feels unsettling.
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