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Mark Pocan: “Uganda, Balama, Nigeria. USAID funded PROGRAM babies A…”

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

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'Look! You're not Confucius, sir': Rep. Pocan reads quote from Bible, grills Vought over USAID cuts

Published | Video Starts at 02:17

Rovina Naboi in Kenya. Her little daughter Jane died of starvation in a refugee camp because we cut back on their food and the food rations. She got sick and died. Uganda, Balama, Nigeria. USAID funded PROGRAM babies A special nutrient dense paste to avoid malnutrition. She had twins, six months old. The program ended abruptly because of cuts to usaid. Two weeks later, one of the twins died. I've got a bunch more. Are you familiar with any of these stories? 13.4 million for civic Are you familiar with any of these stories? There's no number involved in that answer. (02:17–02:34)

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Asserts that a child died in Nigeria due to the end of a USAID-funded nutrition program.

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