Cynthia Lummis: “when I was growing up, I thought about foreign aid as helping people in foreign countries who needed food or shelter…”

“when I was growing up, I thought about foreign aid as helping people in foreign countries who needed food or shelter, who were struggling because their country was having a civil war and they had been cut off from having clean water, enough food for their families, or someplace for shelter. I think that is what most Americans think foreign aid is; that we want to help people around the world because the United States is blessed. God has given us more than he has given most nations, and we need to respond in ways that are helpful to our fellow man. But today, I hear my colleagues blaming a guy named Elon Musk for doing away with foreign aid. If anybody is to blame, it is us; it is the Congress of the United States for taking our eyes off the mission of our country to provide aid to those around the world who need it. Millions of taxpayer dollars are being wasted on leftwing pet projects that don't benefit us here at home, that actively work against our interests and do not help those in need around the world. I believe that American taxpayer dollars should be spent making lives better for Americans and better for those around the world who have far less than we have. I have been talking about our national debt since I was first elected to Congress in 2009. At that time, our national debt was just turning over from $9 trillion to $10 trillion. I was apoplectic. How can we let our national debt get over $9 trillion? Today, our national debt is $36 trillion.…”