Political Quotes

Lindsey Graham: “Cutting the U.S. foreign aid budget as the administration has proposed--a nearly one third reduction overall, with a 46…”

On the recordJune 12, 2017
Cutting the U.S. foreign aid budget as the administration has proposed--a nearly one third reduction overall, with a 46 percent cut to development assistance, a 26 percent cut to global health programs, and a stunning 45 percent cut to life-saving humanitarian assistance--would shirk America's moral obligations and be self-defeating to its strategic interests.
Said by
Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham warns that proposed cuts to foreign aid undermine U.S. moral and strategic interests.

Share

More from Lindsey Graham

Aug 12, 2026

We're leaving thousands of Afghan allies behind who fought bravely with us.

cbsnews.com
Aug 4, 2026

If you invade the Ukraine, you will destroy the ability of future presidents to treat you and Russia as normal.

cbsnews.com
Aug 12, 2026

You don't want to recognize a terrorist group who takes land by force.

cbsnews.com
Aug 15, 2026

The likelihood of an attack on our homeland is through the roof.

cbsnews.com

Other voices in this conversation