$33 million rescinded contributions to international organizations.
$203 million rescinded from contributions for international peacekeeping activities.
$1.65 billion rescinded from the Economic Support Fund.
$8.3 billion rescinded to foreign assistance funding.
And more were all rescinded last week as part of the GOP’s Rescissions Act of 2025. This act CUTS vital foreign aid programs and public broadcasting – all as a special request from Trump. This is a disgusting overreach of power.
What is this for exactly? To continue to fund Trump’s tax breaks for billionaires.
I proudly voted against this package, and I wish my colleagues on the other side of the aisle had the same care for our federal investments, which were previously authorized by bipartisan support.
With this bill, the GOP is choosing to be a rubber stamp for Trump, while simultaneously defunding Sesame Street, Ohio’s journalism, emergency alert systems, foreign aid programs, and more.
Shontel Brown is proud to be elected as the Congresswoman for Ohio’s 11th District. She has spent the last decade serving the people of Ohio and building coalitions. As she enters her second full term in Congress, she will use that experience to continue the fight for affordable quality health care, jobs that pay fair wages, a strong public education system, and to preserve and protect our democracy for generations to come. Will you join her and be the change we need?
