Senator Joni Enernst said that while US International Agency has recently been engaged in “intentional obstruction of parliamentary coach”, he has abandoned the United States and probably abandoned taxpayers to groups that have funded terrorists. Masu.
Republican Hawkeye Senator and Senate Dusodioca Castle, List of many examples in social media This week, “USAID is one of the worst waste in Washington”
This includes $ 2 million for Morocco's pottery class, about $ 2 million for Lebanon, more than $ 1 million to provide funds for Uhan Research Institute. $ 20 million to make the street, “After all, it includes $ 9 million humanitarian assistance. By the violent terrorist.”
White house It is also outlined Since the Trump administration has seen the dramatic overhaul of the institution, the USAID's “waste and abuse” explored it to the State Department.
The administration pointed out USAID expenditure $ 2 million To provide funds for Guatemala's LBTQ activities and gender changes $ 6 million For sightseeing in Egypt $ 32,000 In Peru's “Transgender manga book” $ 2.5 million Vietnamese electric vehicles backing, backing money “Personalized” contraceptives Developing countries, etc.
On Wednesday to the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ernst (R-Iowa) quoted concerns about wasted spending and talked about the obstruction facing from the USAID.
In an example of her emphasis, the inspector was overlooked by the USAID contractor, Chemonics, overlooking “$ 270 million until FY2019” and was captured as “probably providing kickback to the terrorist group.” I found that.
CHEMONICS was deeply involved in the $ 9.5 billion USAID Initiative to strengthen global health supply chains.
“To over -claim US taxpayers is very serious, but not the most eyebrows that chemicals are faced,” she added. “The company is also said to have been working with the terrorist groups to Avow to work with the terrorist groups while conducting a USAID designated program in Afghanistan while conducting a USAID designated program.”
December last year Chemistry agreed Pay $ 3.1 million in reconciliation with the government rather than a “fraud” claim.
Ernst, however, emphasized that Kemonics's trials were part of a large photo of the poor financial management of USAID, accused the institution for monitoring the stone waring.
“Over and over again, government agencies hated providing accurate documents in accordance with their frivolous expenditures,” Ernst said to Rubio about USAID. “The agency is engaged in the provenly obstructive pattern.”
Erunst, who Claims that he was threatened The institution claimed to misunderstand the staff from the USAID's legal measures.
Last September, she reached an agreement with the USAID and analyzed US funding to Ukraine, which was devastated in the war. They claimed that her team would investigate documents in confidential compartment information facilities that are usually used in classified information.
However, her staff immediately said, “I found that the document was not classified.”
“In a desperate attempt to restrict the monitoring of the Congress of Public Information, USAID has demonstrated the intentional abuse of the system designed to keep our country's secret information safely,” Erubio was Rubio. I was dissatisfied with the letter to.
She also noted that her team also knew that more than 5,000 Ukrainian companies had earned up to $ 2 million taxpayers.
“Many of these Initiative argue that Ukrainian companies will increase their sales in new markets, which will strengthen Ukraine's attitude during the war,” she wrote. “Instead, Americans have provided funds for luxurious trade missions and vacations for Ukrainian business owners to shoot attractive festivals and fashion weeks. [capitals] Europe. “
Another example of her team lying by USAID is lying three years ago is the negotiations of the agency with the recipient of the subsidy that allowed her to use funds at other expenses. It happened when I contacted the data of the rate contract (NICRA).
“The institution does not have a system that tracks or reports this data because the USAID cannot compare indirect costs between profit and non -profit organizations at a rate level.” I responded to the information request. “Erunst told Rubio.
In 2023, her staff flagged the publicly reported Nicra database, but the USAID was really recognized, but “Nicra's unique partner's unique information. Is legally restricted to share. “
Later, the USAID retreated and stated that it was limited to the ability to share such information “outside the scope of the official surveillance request by the jurisdiction committee”.
Eventually, the House of Representatives Committee intervened and demanded Nikura data.
“It is most important to carry out a complete and independent analysis of the USAID recipient in the wake of this series of important mistakes and surveillance disorders by USAID,” said Erunst.
“Americans deserve the answer to how taxes are spending overseas.”
Elon Musk, the boss of the government efficiency bureau (DOGE), has recently been aiming for a USAID, and this week, Rubio announced that he was appointed as a representative director.
Rubio said that the Trump administration has delegated many of the daily work that leads USAID because the Trump administration continues to explore the options. The Secretary of State has blasted the USAID as an “unresponsive institution”.
This post contacted usaid and chemonics for comments.
