Florida Parish News

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) addressed the House Floor in support of his legislation, H.R. 4, known as the Rescissions Act of 2025. Scalise emphasized that House Republicans are committed to returning money to American families and workers. He criticized Democrats for opposing cuts to what he described as wasteful government spending that contributes to inflation.

Scalise stated, "House Republicans said we're going to just focus on doing the work of the American people, and anybody that just wants to go root for failure and continue to try to keep inflation high, interest rates high, and vote no on every bill that puts power back in the pockets of families, let them have to answer for that back home."

The legislation aims to address spending issues but is not a complete solution. "Does it answer all the problems? No. $9 billion I would say is a good start, and hopefully we do more things like this," Scalise remarked.

He outlined specific examples of spending included in the bill: "$6 million that was spent for Net Zero Cities in Mexico; $8 million for the anti-Israel U.N. Human Rights Council... $300,000 to hold a Pride Parade in Lesotho... A million dollars for voter ID in Haiti." He also noted "$3 million going to Iraqi Sesame Street."

Scalise concluded by urging control over wasteful expenditures: "Let's finally get control over waste, fraud, and abuse... We're going to fight for those hard-working families who want to get our great country back on track."