And if that were not enough, the Doge recommendations now embraced within this rescissions package cuts millions of dollars for green New Deal style programs not in America, but around the world. The bill rescinds $6 million appropriated for net zero cities in Mexico, a half a million dollars for electric buses in Rwanda, and 2.1 million for climate resilience in Southeast Asia, Latin America and East Africa. Again, budgets are about priorities. And I can't imagine a world in which these would be the most urgent priorities for the nation as our debt exceeds $36 trillion. (05:21–05:46)
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Asserts that the rescissions package includes cuts to international environmental programs.
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