Rescissions Act of 2025

Floor Speech

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Mrs. HINSON. Mr. Speaker, Iowans overwhelmingly rejected the Washington status quo in November, demanding an end to unelected bureaucrats misusing taxpayer resources.

President Trump's rescissions package cuts $9.4 billion, including $3 million for Iraqi ``Sesame Street'', $6 million for net-zero cities in Mexico, and $1 million for voter ID in Haiti, not here in the United States.

We are only scratching the surface with this package. Imagine being able to redirect those dollars to veterans' care or specialty crop programs in a State like mine.

This package also rescinds funds for NPR and PBS. For decades, public broadcasting has not adhered to objectivity standards enshrined in law. It has pushed biased narratives and forced inappropriate content on children, like a movie celebrating the sex change of a child, and a feature on the racial origins of fat phobia. I am not sure what that means.

Children should not be fed woke propaganda, certainly not on the taxpayer's dime. That is coming from a former broadcaster.

I thank President Trump for exposing this waste and working to protect Americans' hard-earned dollars. I urge my colleagues to join me in passing this bill.

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