“We’re all connected. The federal government, the state and local government and the private sector,” Simon said. “We are all intertwined and without federal employees spending money in the private sector on housing and groceries and apparel and everything else, you will feel it in the private sector,” she warned. “When grants are not provided to the state government and local governments for promised infrastructure projects or healthcare, you will definitely see it impacting state and local budgets. So it so it’s all going to be felt up and down the scale.”

The new requirements force NEA grant applicants to certify that they do not “promote gender ideology.”

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