WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) appeared on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle to discuss President Trump’s rescissions package and DOGE:
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Key Excerpts:
On What The Rescissions Package Is:
“The White House sends the rescissions package to the Congress, then we have 45 days once they send it to pass it. That’s why it’s really important. This is just the first $9 billion. If we can’t cut $9 billion, how are going to cut $150 billion? It’s important that we get this done first so that we can move on to the next bucket. Every single Republican should vote for this. This is simple. And then Democrat should really vote for it too because this is wasteful spending and the American people know it.”
On Why Congress Must Act Now on the Rescissions Package:
“You just talked about Elon and DOGE doing the hard part, identifying almost $200 billion in wasteful spending. Now Congress has to do the easy part and claw that back and make those cuts permanent. The first rescissions package is really easy. Really simple. It’s the foreign aid money. All of the foreign aid money like transgender operas in Peru, transgender comic books in Colombia, electric vehicles in Rwanda and Big Bird in Baghdad. All of that wasteful foreign aid spending that’s what we’re talking about in the first bucket. And then there’s also about $1 billion for NPR that we claw back in that first rescissions package as well. I’m getting frustrated, Laura, because this is what we were sent to Washington to do. To support President Trump. And every day that we waste, and we don’t pass a rescissions package to make this stuff permanent and save these tax dollars, to put that money back into pockets of hardworking Americans is a day that we’re missing the boat.”
“Every Hoosier I talk to in my state – Republican, Democrat, or independent – they think this is ridiculous too. When they look at what Elon has uncovered in all of these departments, especially when it comes to foreign aid, money going to other countries for these ridiculous spending items like electric vehicles in Rwanda, they want that money back for America. And that’s why we have to cut it and make it permanent.”