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On the recordJune 30, 2025
At USAID, 12 cents of every dollar was reaching the recipient. That means that in order for us to get aid to somebody, we had to spend all this other money supporting this foreign aid industrial complex.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio criticizes the inefficiency of USAID during a discussion on foreign aid.

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