Yellowhammer Times

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) has published an op-ed on X following the Senate's approval of President Trump's $9 billion rescissions package. In his commentary, Tuberville calls on Republicans to support further cuts to government spending, arguing that the current national debt of $37 trillion requires urgent fiscal action.

Tuberville compares government spending discipline to coaching football, stating: “When you’re coaching football, one of the first things you teach your team is discipline. A team without discipline blows assignments, misses tackles, and lets games slip away. Well, Washington has been blowing assignments and missing tackles for decades, especially when it comes to spending your hard-earned tax dollars. This week, we’ve got a chance to start calling the right plays. The Senate voted on a $9 billion rescissions package—a straightforward, no-nonsense plan to cut wasteful government spending and get our fiscal house back in order. Now it is up to the House to follow through. This isn’t a trick play. It’s not a Hail Mary. This is blocking and tackling—the fundamentals of fiscal responsibility. Frankly, this should be low-hanging fruit for Republicans. We talk a big game on the campaign trail about cutting waste, fraud, and abuse. But now that it’s time to walk the walk, some of my Republican colleagues seem to have forgotten how they got here in the first place.”

He criticizes past federal spending under President Biden and points out that 77 million Americans voted for what he describes as an “America First agenda,” which includes reducing funding for foreign aid and federal agencies.

“Over the past 4 years, Joe Biden treated the American taxpayers like his own personal piggy bank for bad ideas. Now, we’re $37 trillion in debt and have very little to show for it. The American people sent us here to clean house. 77 million Americans voted for President Trump and the America First agenda—an agenda that includes cutting woke foreign aid, left-wing propaganda, and out of control bureaucracy. That’s exactly what this bill does. We are cementing DOGE cuts into law and finally delivering on the President’s mandate to cut waste, fraud, and abuse," Tuberville writes.

He specifically mentions proposed reductions such as cutting $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), criticizing NPR and PBS as partisan organizations.

“First, we’re cutting $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).This woke organization funds NPR and PBS, two outlets that have gone out of their way to push the Democrat Communist Socialist Party’s radical agenda,” Tuberville states.

Tuberville references comments made by former NPR editor Uri Berliner regarding political diversity at NPR: “It’s no secret that NPR is the PR arm of the left... But don’t taking my word for it—just ask Uri Berliner... In April 2024... he wrote an op-ed called ‘I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.’ In the piece... he wrote that NPR has an ‘absence of viewpoint diversity.’ He acknowledged that NPR has ‘always had a liberal bent’ but now an ‘open-minded spirit no longer exists at NPR.’ To prove his point... registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 87 to 0 in the newsroom.” Tuberville also notes Berliner's suspension after publishing his critique.

The senator also objects to certain foreign aid expenditures: “Americans are starving on the streets, and yet we’re sending money to educate kids in Uganda on LGBTQI+. It would almost be funny if it wasn’t so sad. This is global social engineering paid for by the American taxpayer.”

Tuberville concludes with a call for party unity around budget cuts: “It’s time for Republicans to put up or shut up... If Republicans can’t make this play, we don’t deserve to be on the field... Let’s pass this rescissions package... President Trump campaigned on reining in spending, and it is incumbent on us to deliver.”

Senator Tuberville serves Alabama in several Senate committees including Armed Services; Agriculture; Veterans’ Affairs; HELP; and Aging.