“Unfortunately, too often the media doesn't ask the simple question: Why did elected leaders wait until the 11th hour to address government funding we've known would expire for months, if not years?”

American politician

Mark Randall Meadows is an American politician who served as White House chief of staff from 2020 to 2021 in the first Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, he also represented North Carolina’s 11th congressional district in the U.S. House from 2013 to 2020. Before moving to the White House, Meadows was a House member and chaired the Freedom Caucus from 2017 to 2019. He was regarded as one of Donald Trump’s closest allies in the House of Representatives, a role that helped define his national profile.