U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said he was “100% supportive” of President Donald Trump’s rescissions package ahead of a possible Senate vote next week.
The Senate is expected to consider legislation that claws back previously allocated funding next week. The $9 billion in total cuts targets foreign funding and public broadcasting, among other things. The package is supported by Trump and has already passed the House. The deadline to pass the measure is July 18. Alabama Public Television (APT) will lose about $3 million annually if a rescissions package is approved by the U.S. Senate next week, according to one APT executive.
“I am 100% supportive of the President’s rescissions package, which would claw back taxpayer funding from NPR and PBS,” Tuberville said in a statement to 1819 News on Friday. “News outlets who claim to be unbiased should report the news objectively. But it’s clear that both NPR and PBS see themselves as an arm of the Democrat party bought and paid for by American taxpayers. Just yesterday, PBS was caught running taxpayer-funded ads against my Republican colleague, Senator Roger Marshall from Kansas. Once they lose their federal funding, perhaps they will consider making an attempt at unbiased reporting. We have to stop funding woke media outlets who are hellbent on spewing anti-American propaganda.”
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