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Brian Schatz: “$460 million for the assistance for Europe, Eurasia and…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Schatz Details Trump Admin's Destruction Of USAID, Deadly Consequences As Senate Considers DOGE Cuts

Published | Video Starts at 24:31

Nobody actually believes that. Why are you cutting unicef? If this is about tightening our belts, why would you cut UNICEF? $460 million for the assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia [will be cut completely if this Rescission is enacted]. This account funds a whole bunch of bipartisan foreign policy priorities, including energy security in Ukraine that will be cut completely if this Rescission is enacted if there were programs under the previous administration that the current administration disagrees with. (24:31–24:36)

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