WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Republican Chairwoman Elise Stefanik released the following statement:
"Today I voted to save the American taxpayer $9 billion of unobligated bloated spending via a rescissions package including defunding NPR, a promise I vowed to deliver to #NY21. Promises made, promises kept.
NPR and NCPR-affiliated reporters continually publish false and defamatory stories. In 2022, NCPR falsely reported that I contributed to the attack against Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul.
In 2021, North Country Public Radio’s former News and Public Affairs Director Martha Foley used her taxpayer-funded email account to campaign for Democrats in #NY21 district, a violation of journalist integrity NPR claims to hold.
NPR also infamously published false claims in a book review of Hunter Biden’s memoir that his laptop was Russian propaganda. It was forced to issue a correction, referencing the now-debunked Politico story on October 19, 2020, which used “dozens of former intel officials” to push a false and misleading narrative about the origins of Hunter’s laptop.
The bill will now go to President Trump’s desk, fulfilling his mandate to rein in reckless spending and cut waste, fraud, and abuse.”
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