Katie Britt said that American taxpayers "Never wanted their money going to sex workers in Nepal"

July 21, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) joined The Will Cain Show on Fox to defend her decision to pass the $9 billion recissions package.

Britt said that it is not Washington's money; but the American people's money.

"Look, we have to answer the call of the American people," said Senator Britt. "They know that spending is out of control. Donald Trump has found some of the most egregious things out there, packaged that together and said, let's get started. Now is the time to act."

"We see the Democrats use delay tactic after delay tactic, Will, whether it's here on cutting spending, which we know is necessary to preserve our nation wholeheartedly, or it's even President Trump's nominees. They're using every single tactic to try to stop him from enacting the will of the American people.

The federal government is spending over $7,208 billion dollars a year. The recissions package cuts just $9 billion of that total ( 0.1249%). Despite this Congressional Democrats offered no examples of spending that they would support cutting and have yet to produce their own plan for balancing the budget. Between 2021 and 2023 Democrats controlled both Houses of Congress and the presidency, yet neither Congress nor the Biden Whitehouse ever presented a plan to balance the budget.

Sen. Britt expressed her frustration with Senate Democrats using stall tactics on the recissions package and other essential legislation.

"[W]e talked about this over and over again, " said Sen. Britt. "We talked about DOGE, we talked about what that would mean ... before the election. The American people want to see these changes, and, look, if we can't do $9 billion (in rescissions), goodness gracious. (The) American people deserve better, and that's what the Republican Conference is going to work to give them today."

Britt defended the cuts made in the rescissions package.

"[I] serve the people of Alabama and let me tell you something: When they work hard and they send their tax dollars up here, we need to take a step back," said Britt. "This is not our money. This is the money of hardworking Americans. And never did they want it going to fund sex workers in Nepal. Never did they want it to go into increased diversity in the lighting community in Mexico."

"This is absolutely absurd," said Britt. "This is a commonsense approach. This money was way outside the mission of what it was intended for. We've got to rein that in. We have to cement our values and our opportunity for our people. To your point, this is the easy stuff, and the American people deserve better."

Katie Britt was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022. She was previously an attorney, the President and CEO of the Business Council of Alabama, and Chief of Staff for Senator Richard Shelby.