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Peter Welch: “A lot of folks think [USAID is] 20 or 30% of our budget…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Vermont Congressional Delegation Telephone Town Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 1:34:52

And he's gleeful about all of all the damage that he's done with usaid. Second, I want to defend USAID and say why it's so important. A lot of folks think [USAID is] 20 or 30% of our budget. It's less than 1% of our budget. And it's the soft power where we've got folks who are delivering medicine, delivering food, educating young women in countries where they don't have an opportunity to go to school. (1:34:52–1:34:58)

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Asserts that USAID constitutes less than 1% of the U.S. budget.

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