Exclusive: Republican Leaders Detail How Debt Ceiling Will Enable Appropriations Process as a ‘Power Tool’ to Defund Joe Biden’s Agenda, Woke Policies

Stefanik explained that the Appropriations Committee has already been working to identify “waste, fraud, and abuse” in the federal government, and the appropriations process would allow Republicans to go after the “deep state.”

She explained just a few ways that Republicans can work to defund Biden’s woke agenda and rein in runaway government.

“We can also use the appropriations process to stop the politicized DOJ and FBI from illegally targeting law-abiding Americans. I sit on the Intel Committee and the Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government,” Stefanik said. “And the approps [appropriations] process is one of our most effective tools to ensure that we’re standing up for the constitutional rights of Americans. We can also prevent ATF [Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) agency] from criminalizing law-abiding gun owners, which is so important, I know, to all of us on this call as staunch supporters for the Second Amendment, and we also have the ability to stop agencies from forcing ESG [Environment, Social, and Governance] programs that put our seniors’ retirements at risk.”

Greene explained that she was initially reluctant to back the Fiscal Responsibility Act; however, she said that the appropriations leverage was “special.”

The Georgia Republican, who serves on the Weaponization Select Committee and the Coronavirus Select Committee, noted that Republicans can defund the FBI’s proposed new headquarters through the appropriations process. She noted that Republicans could target Anthony Fauci’s generous federal retirement plan through future spending bills and ensure that the federal government does not fund more “unnecessary” coronavirus vaccines.