Rescissions Act of 2025

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Mr. FINE. Mr. Speaker, I have heard from my colleagues on the other side that we should be focused on issues that matter, that we should be thinking about our kids.

As I lay awake at night here in Washington--I have only been here a couple months, but as bad as I thought it was going to be. It is far worse because Rome is burning and too many people in this building say that that is a great opportunity to roast marshmallows.

The fact of the matter is, if we can't make these cuts, which are as simple and as easy as you would think--$6 million to fund media in Gaza, funding PBS and NPR--even if it was a good idea, you can't do it when you are borrowing trillions of dollars a year.

If we can't make these cuts, which should be the easiest imaginable cuts, then there is no hope for us. I am grateful to my leadership for bringing this forward. I am grateful to President Trump for doing it, but make no mistake: This is only the first step if we want to put out the fire.

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