(Radio Iowa) – The four Iowans who serve in the U.S. House joined other Republicans early this (Friday) morning in giving final approval to a nine BILLION dollar package of federal budget cuts. First district Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks says the bill cutting waste, fraud and abuse identified by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is a win for the American people. Second district Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says she’ll never stop fighting alongside President Trump for a smaller, more efficient and accountable government and the bill will stop funding for things like Sesame Street in Iraq and propaganga at N-P-R and P-B-S.

The bill withdraws over a billion dollars in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In Iowa, that amounts to an 18 percent budget cut to Iowa P-B-S and a 10 percent cut to Iowa Public Radio.

The bill also ended about eight BILLION dollars in previously-approved funding for the U-S Agency for International Development and other foreign assistance.