06/12/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/12/2025 15:17
WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) voted against the House GOP recissions package that would recklessly cut $9.4 billion from the federal budget. In addition to foreign aid, this bill targets NPR and PBS funding, threatening these sources of nonpartisan news, educational content, and emergency services for all Americans.
"Republicans in Congress are pushing unnecessary, harmful cuts in their recissions package that will ultimately hurt our most vulnerable communities," said Congresswoman Adams. "Public broadcasting, one of the main services they're targeting, is about more than just nonpartisan news and education; it provides lifesaving emergency communications to our rural and underserved areas. Last year, when Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina, public radio stations provided updates, shared resource information, and kept North Carolinians safe as they navigated the storm. House Republicans voted to abandon those communities today."
"The recissions package also puts the failure of Elon Musk's DOGE on full display," Adams continued. "While Elon Musk claimed he would cut $1 trillion from the federal government, the recissions package amounts to less than 1% of that. Meanwhile, House Republicans voted just last month to balloon the national debt by $3 trillion in their One Big Ugly Bill. It's fiscal malpractice, not fiscal responsibility."