Trump’s move to pause all federal grants and loans is a “legitimate exercise of executive oversight,” said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., who is often considered an institutionalist who has insisted upon the importance of Congressional power. “I don’t think putting a hold on things is extraordinary.”

President Donald Trump is addressing House Republicans at his southern Florida golf club, Trump National Doral, on Monday afternoon. He is expected to begin speaking at approximately 5:00 p.m. Eastern.