House Democrats call for urgent hearing on Trump plans for USAID
Source: The Hill
02/03/25 6:06 PM ET
Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are calling on Chair Brian Mast (R-Fla.) to convene an urgent hearing with senior Trump administration officials, raising concerns over potentially illegal efforts to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), joined by Democratic members of the committee, urged Mast to convene a hearing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Peter Marocco, director of foreign assistance, within the next two weeks, with lawmakers set to go on recess on Feb. 13.
The letter comes as Rubio, appointed acting administrator of USAID, has sent notice to Congress that U.S. foreign assistance doled out by USAID is under review with an eye towards potential reorganization. As you know, USAID is by statute an independent establishment outside of the State Department. Any proposal to modify that structure requires an Act of Congress, Meeks wrote in the letter.
The Hill reached out to Masts office for comment. Mast said he supports ending USAID as a separate entity and would likely support it being moved under the State Department.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5124297-democrats-urges-usaid-hearing/
Link to House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats PRESS RELEASE - HFAC Democrats Urge Chairman Mast to Convene Urgent Hearing on Trump Administrations Gutting of American Influence Around the World
Link to House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats LETTER (PDF) - https://democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=E2F2FC8D-A235-4DA7-BD17-A605277485E4

dweller
(25,555 posts)Already ?
Maybe the American people should go on recess until congress gets its shit together and cans e skum (N - ZA)
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BumRushDaShow
(146,796 posts)so they tend to take off that week and claim to be participating in a "District Work Period", where they are supposedly "back home talking to constituents".
Think. Again.
(21,338 posts)An economic boycott would force the corporations to re-think their support of trump.
CousinIT
(10,861 posts)And they need to convene THEIR OWN HEARING. NO. Republican will meet with them about anything.
BumRushDaShow
(146,796 posts)Time to "occupy Congress" again!
Bayard
(24,200 posts)This is what it will take, along with regular citizens doing the same.
Autumn
(47,205 posts)Going on recess with everything that is fucking going on? That is fucking sick.
Fuck me. Fuck us all.
Magoo48
(5,837 posts)Hearing, really? How exactly will that impede the fire raging across our constitution?
orangecrush
(22,957 posts)Can they save it, or is it already gone?