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Mark Pocan: “$0.50 on $100 out of the federal budget.”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 61 with McManus

Published | Video Starts at 37:39

Yeah, I know we described it as. And I think that's a good way of saying it. $0.50 on $100 out of the federal budget. But, yeah, so the. So in FY23, yeah, it was $43.4 billion for USAID. Yep. And, yeah, so it was 0.7% of the US budget. So 43 billion. (37:39–37:44)

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Asserts that USAID's budget is $0.50 for every $100 of the federal budget.

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