CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - President Donald Trump is reportedly making moves to cancel federal funding for California on a large scale, a move being branded as "political extortion" by one of the state's representatives in the House on Friday.

The statement comes after CNN reported that the Trump administration is preparing to cancel a number of federal funds for California. Agencies are reportedly being tasked to identify which grants the administration can hold back from California.

"This is political extortion — plain and simple," writes Representative Laura Friedman, who represents California's 30th Congressional District. "Californians pay $83 billion more in taxes than we receive from the federal government every year. America relies on our tax dollars — and now Trump wants to pu

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