Because their duly elected representatives, senators, and president agreed on the bills that included this money. Even if everyone said "We elected the new pre

Because their duly elected representatives, senators, and president agreed on the bills that included this money. Even if everyone said "We elected the new president to specifically stop all health funding," the Constitution doesn't let him do that alone. Congress has to do it. We can't even get to debating the merits of bills until people agree on a system for the government to write, debate, agree on, and carry them out.