From a podium on Capitol Hill, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — a far-right Republican from Georgia — ticked off the “wasteful things” she felt American taxpayers had spent their money on.
There was a USAID program in Tanzania, which led to 10,000 patients being tested for HIV; a program under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, that linked some 2.5 million adolescent girls to HIV testing, educational support, and contraception; and the fact that in a single year, USAID provided assistance to over 130 nations, including Ukraine, Yemen, and South Sudan.
As Greene spoke, the anger in her voice rose, too — as did her desire to strip the U.S. International Agency for International Development of all its money in 2025.