Where’s Rouzer? The Truth About His Role in the GOP Spending Bill

While working families, seniors, and veterans brace for the fallout of a spending bill that guts social services, hands Trump unchecked control over federal funds, and shovels billions more into the military-industrial complex, Rouzer is exactly where you’d expect—rubber-stamping this disaster and hoping no one notices.

This bill is being sold as a responsible budget, but the reality is it's a bloodbath for everything that actually matters to everyday Americans. It slashes non-defense discretionary spending by $13 billion, stripping funding from healthcare, education, clean water programs, and emergency preparedness. Meanwhile, the Pentagon gets another $6 billion, and mass deportation efforts get a fresh pile of cash. And if that’s not bad enough, the bill gives Trump and his billionaire cronies the power to decide where the money actually goes. When they tell you they’re "cutting waste," what they really mean is they’re gutting services for working people while making sure their donors get richer.

Medicare and Medicaid face massive cuts, meaning hospitals in rural areas will struggle even more. Social Security field offices—already operating on skeleton crews—will be pushed even further to the breaking point, leaving seniors waiting months for benefits they’ve already earned. Funding for clean water projects? Gone. Disaster preparedness? A joke. The bill completely zeroes out funding for programs that help prevent child abuse and homelessness.

This bill sets the stage for $4.5 trillion in permanent tax cuts for the wealthy, offset by at least $2 trillion in spending cuts that hit the working class the hardest. The playbook is simple: manufacture a budget crisis, slash programs people rely on, and hand out tax breaks to the ultra-rich while pretending it’s about "economic growth."

This bill gives Trump and Elon Musk free rein to defund whatever they want—even after Congress appropriates the money. Congress, the branch of government that’s supposed to control federal spending, is willingly handing over power to a man who openly brags about ignoring laws he doesn’t like. This isn’t just bad policy—it’s a constitutional crisis in the making. Rouzer and his colleagues are actively dismantling congressional authority and turning the federal budget into a personal slush fund for Trump’s agenda.

He’s not standing up for Social Security recipients. He’s not fighting to protect Medicaid or public schools. He’s not working to stop coastal erosion or secure funding for disaster relief in a hurricane-prone state. He’s too busy serving his real constituents—the lobbyists, the donors, and the corporate interests who stand to benefit from this train wreck.

North Carolina deserves better. Rouzer had a choice: stand with his constituents or sell them out. He made his decision. Now, the people of the 7th District need to make theirs.

Hold Rouzer accountable. Call 202-225-2731 and DEMAND ANSWERS!