Chairman Mast Issues Statement on Potential USAID Reorganization

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement on President Trump’s proposal to potentially reorganize the United States Agency for International Development and bring it under the purview of the State Department. 

“After receiving formal consultation about the State Department’s potential reorganization of USAID, I’m excited to work with President Trump and Secretary Rubio to fix our broken foreign assistance system. This aligns clearly with the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s goal of conducting the first comprehensive State Department reauthorization since 2002.” 

The White House has cited, among others, sections 7063 and 7015 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2024, by which the administration may potentially “expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize covered departments, agencies, or organizations.”

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