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Committee questions OMB plan to rescind parts of foreign assistance, including PEPFAR and family‑planning funds
Summary
Lawmakers at the Appropriations hearing pressed OMB Director Russell Vought for details after the administration proposed $8.3 billion in foreign-assistance rescissions, including $500 million from global health programs and $400 million from PEPFAR.
Senators pressed the Office of Management and Budget on which foreign assistance accounts and programs would be cut if Congress approves a presidential rescission request transmitted June 3 citing the Impoundment Control Act.
The administration’s package includes roughly $8.3 billion in proposed rescissions to State Department, USAID, and other foreign‑assistance accounts. Director Russell Vought told the committee the package would include $500 million in family‑planning cuts and a $400 million rescission from PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Vought said the submission was designed to target what the administration characterizes as wasteful or ideologically driven spending while preserving life‑saving treatment.
Senators from both parties said the account‑level numbers are…
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