On the recordSeptember 28, 2023
Mr. Chairman, all this amendment aims to do is continue mainstream U.S. policy in this Department of State and Foreign Operations bill. The 2021 Country Report on Terrorism regarding Pakistan highlighted, once again, Pakistan's continued listing as a jurisdiction with strategic deficits in its AML/CFT system. Pakistan does not sufficiently support anti-money laundering efforts and it does not support laying waste to terrorists in the border region. In a Gallup poll of Pakistanis it reflected that 72 percent of Pakistanis see us as an enemy. We spend billions and billions of dollars, they attack us, and they see us as an enemy. There are many needs that this country has, that our veterans have, that our borders have, and it is money that could be spent better elsewhere. There is no reason for us to continue to subsidize Pakistan or any function of its government until it changes its posture. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
