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Peter Welch: “USAID supports humanitarian, economic development, and…”

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

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Welch Speaks on the Senate Floor on Elon Musk’s Takeover of USAID

Published | Video Starts at 01:43

That agency is one that not many Americans know about, but which fulfills a vital mission. It has a relatively small budget, less than 1% of the total federal budget. And it has a large responsibility to support USAID supports humanitarian, economic development, and governance programs in more than 100 countries. Whatever, quote, savings Elon Musk might obtain from cutting USAID would have no appreciable impact in offsetting Mr. Trump's huge tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. (01:43–01:55)

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