He's not going to put out an E.O. gutting the program any further (he's already made the "hops" changes, for instance) until the replacement is in place, which

He's not going to put out an E.O. gutting the program any further (he's already made the "hops" changes, for instance) until the replacement is in place, which requires telecom action. And telecom action won't occur by E.O., which means it requires Congressional action.