Gov. JB Pritzker, Democratic members of Illinois Congressional Delegation and other Illinois politicians are demanding answers on Wednesday from the federal government.

The story revolves around nearly $2 billion of federal payments that were temporarily stopped by the Trump administration.

Pritzker is a fierce critic of Trump and is challenging the administration on the budget passed by the House Republicans. He is also questioning the federal funds that were supposed to come to Illinois but are now stuck in limbo.

Pritzker announced an increase to his program for canceling medical debts Wednesday morning. He also blasted Trump’s administration regarding federal funds that were temporarily stopped last month in Illinois.

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They haven’t been made available for some reason after the order was rescinded.

When you call federal government agencies they either refuse to speak to you or are, well, they’re, you know. They say that they don’t really know what will happen. Pritzker stated that they did not know the exact date.

Pritzker and all of the Democratic Congressional Delegation wrote to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget demanding an accounting of funding paused or disrupted. They noted, “In total this represents $1.88 billion of federal funds impacted across 14 state agencies and boards and commissions of Illinois.”

We are always looking for a way to get our money back. Can we take the case to court? If not, can we do anything else to get this funding source back on? Pritzker asked.

Pritzker is asked if the money has been withheld because of his criticisms of the President.

“I’m not sure, but I think both of them are incompetent.” This is one of the problems. Pritzker stated that they have literally fired competent people in order to hire people who are only loyal to Donald Trump.

Pritzker requested in his letter that a report on the missing funds be submitted by March 4, 2019. Pritzker says Illinois taxpayers are owed money.

The Office of Management and Budget didn’t immediately respond to our request for a comment.