Washington – Democratic legislators said they do not support the reduction of funds from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Faced Fox News Digital O controversial consumptionlike the money that ends up in the hands of terrorist groups.
The Government Efficiency Department, led by Elon male, recently started reducing funds from USAIDs as they reduced costs by the Federal Government. During their movement, it was revealed that US dollars ended up in the hands of terrorist groups, such as funds that allegedly provide “complete funding” by Al Qaede Anwar Al-Awlaki to attend Colorado college, Apparently show the discovered documents.
Fox News Digital asked Democratic legislators his thoughts about the controversial financing of USAID, specifically about financing some terrorist groups.
“The USAID funding is authorized to consume. Republicans and Democrats have agreed to these levels. We should honor those contracts,” Fox, an envoy of Peta Aguilar, D-Calif, told Fox.
Fox News Digital spoke with the lawsuit of USAID financing on Capitol Hill. (Fox News Digital)
Tail. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. He said that while USAID funding “should never go to terrorist organizations,” he added that “Elon Musk has a real gap in credibility” and that “almost all claims are as related to efficiency were proven false. “
According to the Analysis of the Middle East Forum, the US Conservative Research Center, USAID and State Department They sent at least $ 122 million to groups aligned with certain terrorists and their supporters.
Think Tank reported that, among his best findings, USAID was found to have given more than $ 900,000 “to a terrorist charity organization with a headquarters in Gaza” under the name Bayader Association for the environment and development.
AND White house report They also identified millions of dollars of taxpayers spent on contraceptives and condoms that ended up in the hands of the Taliban, a terrorist group.
“There is no one in the congress who hates spending more than I do,” Swalwell added. “And there is no one in the congress who wants to defeat terrorists around the world more than me. So I will always be open.”
Ambassador Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., He told Fox that USAID funding should be honored because Congress “authorized him”. (Fox News Digital)
“USAID Funding is currently doing Elon Musk, and I think we have to do a much better job, ensuring that financing is not reduced,” said Ambassador Robert Garcia, D-Calif. “Reducing any financing is terrible and, of course, no one wants to finance terrorism.”
Progressive Ambassador Greg Casar, D-Texas, a member of “The Equad” of progressive legislators, said it was “perfectly reasonable” to look at certain USAID financing, but that he opposed the choke of the entire department.
“When people ask about certain programs and parts of USAIDs or other federal programs, we should look at them. We can have supervision. We can look at, we can go and arrange the budget and say that we do not want to spend on it because it has not succeeded on that and that we want to spend. “
Elon Musk speaks during an event at an oval office with President Donald Trump at the White House 11 February 2025. (Alex Brandon)
“The problem that is currently happening in this country is not just in USAIDs. It’s not just a ministry of education. It is that you have Elon Musk, a billionaire that earns billions of dollars from the Federal Government, goes to exclude programs without voice, without any transparency “Casar said.
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Democratic Ambassador Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey did not fully answer the question and left.
Emma Colton Emma Colton contributed to Fox News Digital.
