Scalise Applauds Passage of Rescissions Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025:

“Protecting taxpayer dollars and rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse is a top priority of our House Republican majority. Democrats spent the last four years under President Biden spending like drunken sailors, leading to skyrocketing inflation and lower wages for workers. Thankfully, Congress has passed my Rescissions bill to start cutting waste, fraud, and abuse so we can start restoring fiscal sanity to government spending.

“Under the leadership of President Trump, DOGE uncovered shocking amounts of waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer money. American families were shocked to learn that billions in foreign aid slush funds were being used to fund transvestite operas in other countries, as well as countless other abuses of taxpayer dollars. Taxpayers are also tired of using money borrowed from our children to subsidize far-left groups like the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), including NPR and PBS.

“Americans shouldn’t be paying for politically biased CPB productions or woke foreign aid initiatives. Our hard-earned taxpayer dollars should be spent carefully to make our nation a better place for all Americans. My legislation, which codifies President Trump’s rescissions request, cuts $9 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse from the federal government.

“I’m excited to see this legislation pass through the House once again and now head straight to President Trump’s desk, taking a major step toward reversing Washington’s wasteful spending and building on the success of the One Big Beautiful Bill.”