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Congressman Frank Mrvan is opposed to the potential temporary freeze on federal spending on grants and other forms of assistance.

President Trump signed an executive order to temporarily withhold further spending on things like grants and loans to review those programs in an effort to cut wasteful spending.

U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-1st, on Thursday, announced the House Appropriations Subcommittees that he will serve on in the 119th Congress.

Mrvan will serve on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science.

Congressman Frank J. Mrvan announced that the House Democratic Caucus has elected him to serve on the House Appropriations Committee.

The House Democratic Caucus elected U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan to serve on the House Appropriations Committee.

Mrvan thanked his colleagues for electing him to the committee so he can advocate for Northwest Indiana and the nation.

Northwest Indiana once again has a representative on the powerful U.S. House committee that annually decides how to spend trillions of dollars in federal government funds.

Northwest Indiana's representative in the U.S. House pledged Friday to remain focused on the issues most important to his nearly 800,000 constituents living in Lake, Porter and northwest LaPorte counties.

U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, said he will draw from the experience of his father, Frank E. Mrvan Jr., who worked in the Indiana State Senate as a Democrat amid growing Republican majorities.