[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 123 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4435]
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  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, this morning--in the early hours of this 
morning--Republicans voted to save the American taxpayers over $9 
billion.
  Now, predictably, the Democratic leader came to the floor today in 
the U.S. Senate making false claims.
  Let's be clear. Emergency alert infrastructure remains funded through 
the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA. None of that was touched.
  But let me go through a list of some of the things that Republicans 
voted to not spend money on--things that have already previously been 
approved by the Democrats, and every one of the Democrats said: Nope, 
we want to spend all of that money on these things.
  How about electric buses in Africa to the tune of $500,000? How about 
teaching about environmental racism--$7.4 million? How about vegan food 
programs in Africa? How about $882,000 to fund social media mentorship 
in Serbia and Belarus? How about $2.1 million for climate resilience in 
Southeast Asia, in Latin America, and in East Africa? How about $3.3 
million for civic engagement in Zimbabwe?
  The Democrats wanted all of these things to continue to be spent, and 
the American taxpayers reject all of it.
  How about $4.4 million for a South Pacific youth climate corps?
  Who comes up with this way to spend money? Only Democrats who want to 
spend and spend and spend.
  And, of course, $6.2 million to address the needs of Venezuelan 
migrants in Colombia.
  I am proud of the votes of the Republicans to say these are taxpayer 
dollars that should not be spent. Every Democrat--every single 
Democrat--said: Keep sending the money to projects like that; keep 
spending that money.
  Last night, for the first time since 1993--1993, and we are now 
2025--the first time in all of that time that the Senate came and 
stripped out the spending by passing a bill on the U.S. Senate floor 
last night to finally say enough is enough of this kind of reckless 
Washington spending that the American people have rejected and that 
this Congress is now going to end.