{"id":293470,"date":"2025-06-14T20:44:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T20:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/rep-sewell-votes-no-on-trump-rescissions-package\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T20:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T20:44:16","slug":"rep-sewell-votes-no-on-trump-rescissions-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=293470","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Sewell votes no on Trump Rescissions Package"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, on Thursday voted against President Trump and House Republicans\u2019 rescissions package which cuts $9.4 billion in previously enacted federal funding. The legislation eliminates federal support for public broadcasting and slashes funding for international development and humanitarian programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cRepublicans\u2019 massive cuts to health care and food assistance apparently were not enough,\u201d Sewell said. \u201cTheir latest bill defunds PBS and NPR, threatening educational programming for our children as well as independent journalism, local sports coverage, and emergency alerts. It also directly undermines our national security by slashing programs that promote global peace and disease prevention.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThese draconian cuts do nothing to make life better for Americans,\u201d\u00a0continued Sewell.\u00a0\u201cThey only make us weaker, sicker, and poorer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe rescissions package eliminates all federal support\u2014$1.1 billion\u2014for public broadcasting for the next two years. The cuts target PBS and NPR, threatening children\u2019s programming, journalism, local sports coverage and emergency alerts,\u201d Sewell\u2019s release said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The bill also aims to cut $8.3 billion from international development and humanitarian programs that work to support America\u2019s national security, promote global peace, and help prevent global health crises from reaching the country\u2019s shores, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">$900 million\u00a0for USAID global health programs promoting HIV prevention\/treatment and family planning<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">$361 million\u00a0for United Nations international peace initiatives<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s1\">$437 million\u00a0for UNICEF and the UN Women and Child Fund<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, on Thursday voted against President Trump and House Republicans\u2019 rescissions package which cuts $9.4 billion in previously enacted federal funding. 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