U.S. Senators Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville joined their Republicans colleagues in passing targeted spending cuts that were recommended by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
“This is a common sense approach,” Britt (R-Montgomery) told Fox News before the final vote.
“This money was way outside of the mission of what it was intended for. We’ve got to rein that in. We have to cement our values and our opportunity for our people. To your point, this is the easy stuff and the American people deserve better. This is their money, this is not ours and we’ve got to treat it like such and we’ve got to be more responsible.”
By a 51-48 vote early Thursday morning, the Senate passed President Donald Trump’s rescissions package that includes $9 billion in cuts for global aid programs