WASHINGTON, D.C.(HubCityRadio)- Senator Mike Rounds announced Tuesday that he will now back the 9.4 billion dollar rescission package.
Senator Rounds posted on social media the following:
“We wanted to make sure tribal broadcast services in South Dakota continued to operate which provide potentially lifesaving emergency alerts. We worked with the Trump administration to find Green New Deal money that could be reallocated to continue grants to tribal radio stations without interruption. We appreciate OMB Director Russ Vought and Senate Leadership for working with us to favorably resolve this issue.”
The rescissions request would cut $8.3 billion for the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, along with other international assistance programs — from peacekeeping efforts to refugee assistance and climate projects. Also included in the package is a proposed $1.1 billion in cuts for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the private nonprofit that serves as the steward of the funding to NPR and PBS. The White House has targeted the entities, claiming they have “spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.’”
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