House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Brian Mast ( R., Fla. ) is drawing attention to the Biden administration’s attempt” to pour millions of taxpayer dollars into international programs irrelevant to national security, including LGBT initiatives in Zimbabwe”, reports , National Review.
On Wednesday, Mast criticized the Biden administration’s plans to spend tens of millions of dollars during its last days in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Agency for International Development executive Samantha Power. Among them are initiatives to combat climate change in the Middle East and raise LGBT knowledge in Zimbabwe, Africa.
” In recent weeks, my office has been made aware of hundreds of millions of dollars of proposed obligations for initiatives that offer no clear national security benefit to the U. S. or its allies”, Mast ‘s , letter , reads.
In November, the American people declared that they would no longer tolerate uncontrolled spending on courses that would conflict with American interests worldwide. As their agent, I cannot, in good faith, allow you to spend millions of dollars to combat climate change in the war-torn Middle East or bank Transgender knowledge in Zimbabwe – both of which are among your new ideas”, the letter adds.
Mast, a painted U. S. Army veteran, has been a chief in calling out the Biden administration’s unabashed usage of tax dollars. In December, Mast released a , report , detailing the State Department’s use of American dollars to distribute liberal philosophy globe, with programs ranging from move shows in Ecuador to the censorship of liberal news organizations internally.
According to the review, the Biden State Department assisted illegal immigrants who were crossing the southwestern border from Mexico in learning how to manage the British prison system.
A State Department spokesperson responded to a request for comment from National Review, saying that the administration’s policies and investing “align with republican foreign policy and national security aims that span several services, such as promoting democracy and human rights, protecting and ensuring access to natural sources, and increasing access to education and technology.”
The State Department will continue to collaborate with Congress on spending priorities for appropriated funds, as required by law, to advance the country’s foreign policy objectives.
