Trump Admin Will Ask Congress to Codify Spending Cuts, OMB Official Says

Eric Ueland, acting OMB chief of staff, testifies at his nomination hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.

Eric Ueland, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget, speaks during a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 3, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

President Donald Trump will ask Congress to codify spending cuts, a top official at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said on April 3.

At his nomination hearing, Eric Ueland, the acting chief of staff at OMB and Trump’s nominee for deputy director for management, told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs that the White House “will be sending a rescission package—at least one—to Congress.”