U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, AL-07, on Tuesday, voted against President Trump and Speaker Johnson’s partisan continuing resolution which she says deprives Alabama’s 7th Congressional District of $14.1 million worth of community project funding and inflicts devastating cuts on the programs that Alabama families rely on.
“I came back to Washington this week to negotiate a bipartisan measure to responsibly keep the government open,” said Rep. Sewell. “But instead of working with us, House Republicans have put forward a partisan spending bill that cuts cancer research, kicks families out of their homes, and even slashes funding to preserve our civil rights history. Alabama families shouldn’t be forced to foot the bill for Trump’s billionaire tax cuts. I voted NO.”
“House Republicans’ partisan spending bill deprives Alabama’s 7th Congressional District of $14.1 million that were previously approved for 15 local projects,” the release shared.
The bill also:
- Cuts millions from the National Institutes of Health, NIH, which will directly impact UAB and other research institutions in Alabama.
- Cuts rental assistance for working families, putting low-income Alabamians at risk of eviction.
- Slashes the National Park Services’ Historic Preservation Fund, which is used to protect and preserve the sites of the Civil Rights Movement.
- Cuts essential funding for the Election Assistance Commission, which helps make sure the ballot box is accessible to all Americans.
- Reduces support for homeless shelters and services.
- Fails to reign in the chaos and uncertainty created by funding freezes, cancelled contracts, and closures of Social Security offices, Taxpayer Advocate offices, and GSA buildings in Alabama.
- Cuts the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, CDMRP, by 57 percent. The CDMRP is a hub for some of the most innovative research into cancer therapeutics, treatments that stand to disproportionately help Veterans and active-duty military personnel.
