[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2648]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                          RESCISSIONS PACKAGE

  (Mr. LATIMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LATIMER. Mr. Speaker, as prices rise and our economy stalls, this 
week, House Republicans are pushing a cruel and a senseless plan to 
cancel $9.8 billion in funding that Congress already passed into law. 
The rescissions package enacts the extreme and out-of-touch agenda that 
includes DOGE slashing support, reducing support for AIDS prevention, 
reproductive health, and even public broadcasting.
  As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, I am particularly 
disturbed by the $8.3 billion in cuts to foreign assistance targeting 
programs that help the most vulnerable people across the world. These 
cuts include a $9 million cut to the President's Emergency Plan for 
AIDS Relief, which has saved over 26 million lives. Additionally, cuts 
at home include gutting $1.1 billion from PBS and NPR, silencing 
trusted voices and educational content like Sesame Street.
  These cuts are being celebrated as savings at the same time that the 
majority is pushing their big, ugly bill that will add at least $3 
trillion to our national debt.
  It is clear this isn't about savings. It is about pushing a harmful 
ideology on the U.S. and the rest of the world. I will not support it.

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