The top members of the Senate Judiciary Committee knocked the State Department on Wednesday, saying they hadn't been adequately consulted over President Trump's decision to slash refugee admission numbers.

"We are incredibly frustrated that the annual consultation for refugee admissions, which is required by law, was finalized just one day in advance," Sens. Chuck Grassley Charles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyGardner signals support for taking up Supreme Court nominee this year Grassley, Ernst pledge to 'evaluate' Trump's Supreme Court nominee McConnell digs in on vow to fill Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat MORE (R-Iowa) and Dianne Feinstein Dianne Emiel FeinsteinBiden leads Trump by 12 points among Catholic voters: poll Names to watch as Trump picks Ginsburg replacement on Supreme Court McConnell says Trump nominee to replace Ginsburg will get Senate vote MORE (D-Calif.) said in a joint statement.

They added that it is "simply unacceptable" to read media reports about the administration's decision before a meeting with Congress had been scheduled.

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The senators noted that the meeting with the administration wasn't scheduled until Tuesday afternoon, after The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump would cap refugee admissions at 45,000, the lowest cap ever set for resettlement.

A meeting between Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Rex Wayne TillersonGary Cohn: 'I haven't made up my mind' on vote for president in November Kushner says 'Alice in Wonderland' describes Trump presidency: Woodward book Conspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention MORE and top lawmakers on the House and Senate Judiciary committees took place on Wednesday afternoon.

"Since August, our offices have made bipartisan requests to the State Department on this meeting. Congress and the law require real engagement on this important subject. An eleventh-hour meeting to check a legal box is not sufficient," Feinstein and Grassley said.

The Trump administration officially informed Congress on Wednesday afternoon of its decision to slash refugee admissions to 45,000.

Wednesday's statement isn't the first time Grassley has knocked the Trump administration for sidelining requests for information from Congress.

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Grassley lashed out at the Office of Legal Counsel earlier this year for issuing a guidance memo restricting the ability of most lawmakers to get answers to requests.

"[The opinion] falsely asserts that only requests from committees or their chairs are 'constitutionally authorized,' and relegates requests from non-Chairmen to the position of 'non-oversight' inquiries— whatever that means. This is nonsense," Grassley wrote in a letter to Trump at the time.

The memo came as Democrats, who do not hold committee chairmanships as the minority party in Congress, expressed growing frustration with the Trump administration over oversight requests, arguing that they were being ignored.