Murphy Statement On Trump Administration Illegally Terminating Foreign Aid Programs

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday released a statement on the Trump administration’s illegal move to terminate the overwhelming majority of U.S. foreign aid programs.
“This is further evidence that our country is barreling toward a full-blown constitutional crisis. The administration is brazenly attempting to blow through Congress and the courts by announcing the completion of their sham ‘review’ of foreign aid and the immediate termination of thousands of aid programs all over the world. The wholesale dismantling of USAID and our foreign aid infrastructure has been cloaked in secrecy because they know what they’re doing is illegal. Congressionally appropriated funding must resume, and Secretary Rubio and Pete Marocco must testify before the Foreign Relations Committee to explain themselves immediately.”
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