Congressman George Latimer (NY-16) released the following statement after he voted against rescinding funding, which is already law, for public broadcasting and life-saving foreign aid:
“This rescissions package reflects the extreme and out-of-touch DOGE agenda. It slashes civilian aid to Ukraine and Eastern European allies, strips access to basic family planning for 48 million women worldwide, and eliminates the U.S. contribution to UNICEF. It even eliminates funding for public broadcasting, jeopardizing PBS Kids, local public TV and radio, and the emergency alert systems communities rely on during natural disasters.
Republicans call these cuts ‘savings,’ but this is funding they voted for in the bipartisan Continuing Resolution. This isn’t about fiscal responsibility. It’s about imposing a harmful, ideological agenda at home and abroad. It is an agenda that will destroy America.”
The recissions bill pulls back $9 billion in funding Congress already voted on and President Trump signed into law this year. The measure cuts $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding for NPR and PBS. It cuts another $8 billion from foreign aid, including funding for USAID and programs promoting global health and refugee assistance.
