Providing for Consideration of H.R. Rescissions Act of 2025

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Ms. STANSBURY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose this harmful, shameful, and offensive rescission package.

The GOP is canceling $9.4 billion, yes, billion, in funding for programs that fund lifesaving work across the world. It is funding for public television and public radio, for agriculture and research jobs, in my own district, and to codify the DOGE cuts that two-thirds of Americans oppose. Our own President asked his other Cabinet members, just 2 weeks ago, if they were just total bullshit. That is a quote of the President of the United States.

Mr. Speaker, I am here to tell Members of this Chamber to vote ``no'' on this rescission package.

Transmitted by the director of the Office of Management and Budget and architect of Project 2025, Russell Vought: This package would make permanent cuts to USAID and the State Department which was put into motion illegally. They knew it because they were impounding funds. They essentially admitted that in the rescissions package because they said it was pursuant to the Budget Control Act. They knew that what they were doing was illegal.

Now, 5, 6 months later, they have transmitted this package to cut $8 billion in programs that saves the lives of children across the world, that would gut U.N. programs that would save thousands of lives, and gut public broadcasting.

This is a full-scale attack on our international system, global peace and security, the health and welfare of millions of children across the world and on public television. We will fight back every step of the way.

Mr. Speaker, not only am I a ``no,'' I am a ``hell, no'' on this package.

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