Senator Rand Paul was on CBS’s “Face the Nation” with host Margaret Brennan on Sunday to debate subjects together with clawing again Federal funds.
“I’ve seen it reported that you’ve got pitched to Elon Musk a plan to claw again 500 billion {dollars} in Federal funding that Congress has already authorized,” Brennan commented.
“Do you assume you may truly get this carried out in a rescission package deal, and the way a lot cash do you assume you will get again?” Brennan requested.
“This goes to a different enormous authorized query. Can the President impound cash, or does he must ship it again, and we approve the cuts by recission? And that is going all the best way to the Supreme Court docket additionally,” Paul mentioned.
“Can Secretary Rubio pause the spending? On that difficulty, I believe they may win. It is possible for you to to pause spending,” Paul commented.
“It’s my private perception we should always adhere to the regulation as it’s now. That’s ship it again and have Congress verify it. It’s a easy majority vote. It’s known as recission. I did point out this to Elon Musk. He appeared enthusiastic,” Paul continued.
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who has pitched Elon Musk on clawing again tons of of billions of {dollars} in federal funding already authorized to Congress, says he believes President Trump can get sufficient Republicans on board to formally approve the plan.
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— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) March 23, 2025
Senator Paul was requested about funds and the way they are going to be dealt with now that the Division of Training is within the means of being eradicated.
“Do you may have a assure that the Federal Authorities, Federal taxpayers will nonetheless present two billion in schooling funding? That appears necessary to your State,” Brennan asking about funds despatched to Senator Paul’s State of Kentucky for schooling.
“What I’d fairly is a assure that my youngsters can learn and write and do math,” Paul mentioned.
“{Dollars} are usually not proportional to instructional success,” Paul continued.
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After President Trump’s cuts to the U.S. Training Division, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says he’d prefer to see “an NBA or NFL of academics,” with “essentially the most extraordinary academics” reaching “your entire nation” or “your entire world” just about.
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— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) March 23, 2025
