WASHINGTON — Alabama Republicans are backing President Donald Trump’s request to claw back $9.4 billion in already approved congressional spending to make the Department of Government Efficiency’s cuts permanent.

The so-called rescissions package , sent to Congress Tuesday, would strip funding from foreign aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps fund NPR and PBS.

The request would roll back $8.3 billion in funding for the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development. It would also take away $1.1 billion allocated for public radio and television.

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong, R-Huntsville, who introduced legislation to prohibit federal funding from NPR earlier this year, said the “money has got to come back.”

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