Mark Kelly: “this whole thing is a bad deal for the American people. It is a gut punch to rural communities and makes us weaker and…”

“this whole thing is a bad deal for the American people. It is a gut punch to rural communities and makes us weaker and less safe on the world stage. This amendment, though, dials back the worst of some of these cuts, especially for public broadcasting that is so important to so many Americans. Now, this amendment was drafted by Senator Collins, and I understand she isn't planning to offer it. But I think it is worth seeing if a bipartisan majority of us can come together to support it. And this is a good amendment and it will protect important elements of our public broadcast funding and it will preserve the vital funding for Ukraine, NATO, and other items that have bipartisan support that otherwise would be cut in the Republican rescissions package. Now, let's be clear, Senate Democrats oppose this rescissions package. But we are giving our colleagues yet another opportunity to make it less harmful as they claim they were willing to do. I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote yes.”