June 2025: Jen Kiggans Voted For $9.4 Billion In DOGE Cuts

Kiggans Voted For A “Rescissions” Package To Cut Funding For National Public Radio, The Public Broadcasting Service, And Foreign Aid. In June 2025, Kiggans voted for: “Passage of the bill (HR 4) that would rescind a total of $9.4 billion in previously appropriated funding — including $8.3 billion in foreign aid and $1.1 billion provided for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. The bill would cancel $900 million in foreign aid appropriated for programs related to child and maternal health, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases; $800 million from migration and refugee assistance accounts; $361 million from international peacekeeping operations; $2.5 billion from a general development assistance account; as well as $169 million in rescissions to funding for various international organizations, including the United Nations and the World Health Organization.” The bill passed 214-212. [H.R. 4, Vote #168, 6/12/25; CQ, 6/12/25]

• NBC News: “House Republicans Vote To Claw Back $9.4 Billion In Funding For Foreign Aid, NPR And PBS.” [NBC News, 6/12/25]
• NBC News: The “Rescissions” Package Was “Part Of An Effort By The White House To Codify Cuts Proposed By” DOGE. “The ‘rescissions’ package would claw back $8.3 billion for foreign aid and $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding to NPR and PBS. It is part of an effort by the White House to codify cuts proposed by the Department of Government Efficiency, which was helmed by tech billionaire Elon Musk.” [NBC News, 6/12/25]
• The “Rescissions” Package Cut $1.1 Billion For The Corporation For Public Broadcasting Which Funded NPR And PBS. “The ‘rescissions’ package would claw back $8.3 billion for foreign aid and $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding to NPR and PBS. It is part of an effort by the White House to codify cuts proposed by the Department of Government Efficiency, which was helmed by tech billionaire Elon Musk.” [NBC News, 6/12/25]
• The “Rescissions” Package Cut $8.3 Billion For USAID, Among Other International Assistance Programs. “The package would cancel $9.4 billion appropriated by Congress, looking to make permanent some of the Department of Government Efficiency's spending cuts. Its primary focus is slashing foreign aid, from peacekeeping efforts to refugee assistance and climate projects, but it would also essentially cut off federal funding for NPR and PBS. […] The package would cut $8.3 billion for the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, among other international assistance programs, after the foreign aid agency became an early target of the administration. Johnson said the resolution would make cuts in what he called the ‘USAID abuses area.’” [CBS News, 6/12/25]