(Radio Iowa) – Governor Kim Reynolds says President Trump’s freeze on federal grants and loans is meant to give his administration time to make sure funding isn’t going to diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

“They’re looking in to make sure that maybe we aren’t inadvertently allocating funds to programs that we shouldn’t be,” Reynolds said. Reynolds made her comments in eastern Iowa yesterday (Tuesday). About an hour later a federal judge blocked Trump’s directive from going into effect until Monday.

Reynolds told reporters her chief of staff will be in a meeting today (Wednesday) with Trump Administration officials to learn more about the freeze on federal grants and loans and how it might affect states.