Vought: Rescissions bill cuts $1B from CPB and $8B in foreign aid
Russ Vaught · New Face of DOGE Agenda Explains the Big Beautiful Bill · Joe Lonsdale · Jul 22, 2025 · at 20:25
Russ Vought, Director of the OMB, explains the composition of the initial spending rescissions bill brought to Congress based on findings by DOGE.
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“The first bill was the bare minimum of, and the easiest hurdle for them. Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a billion dollars. Dealing with their next two cycles of advanced funding, and then eight billion dollars in foreign aid, all of which was connected to what Doge had found in waste abuse.”
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