The unlawful dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development removed one of America’s most cost-effective tools for influencing the world and addressing the worst humanitarian crises.
From Central America to Sudan and Syria, our food aid, disaster relief, and development programs save lives while combatting global challenges like violent extremism, global health threats, forced migration, and fentanyl trafficking. The administration’s termination of these efforts has created a win for our adversaries, who are eagerly capitalizing on the vacuums left by America’s absence around the world. There are smarter, bipartisan ways to strengthen our foreign assistance programs.
Call on Congress to restore the U.S. government’s capacity to deliver foreign aid while supporting innovation in global development, increased mobilization of private capital, and greater reliance on locally led development and humanitarian responses