Chuck Schumer: “Let's start with the devastating consequences of passing this bill as written. The bill will starve local news and radio…”

“Let's start with the devastating consequences of passing this bill as written. The bill will starve local news and radio stations so essential, particularly in rural areas, for people hearing about weather events. We learned the tragedy of untimely notification in Texas recently. It was very terrible. It could happen again with these kinds of cuts. The bill will harm America's farmers and researchers and businesses; make the world an easier place, unfortunately, for terrorist recruitment; and reward communist China and Vladimir Putin--all so Republicans can keep paying for billionaire tax cuts. And the most galling part: Republicans are rushing forward without a clue how these unhinged cuts will be implemented. That is not just me expressing an opinion. That is what Republicans themselves admit. That is what the chair of the Appropriations Committee admits. That is what the majority leader admitted today, that Republicans don't even know how OMB and DOGE are going to rearrange these cuts. Yet they are voting for it. Republicans are putting a blindfold over their own eyes and leading rural Americans off a cliff just to make Donald Trump and his billionaire friends happy. Well, Democrats are not here to merely rubberstamp whatever Donald Trump does, like the Republicans are doing.”