The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is a highly effective agency that saves lives and promotes global stability. Bipartisan policy experts have long noted that U.S. foreign aid, including through USAID, helps prevent deadly disease, makes Americans safer by reducing global conflict, and advances American interests.
 
Over the past two decades, USAID has saved nearly 100 million lives—most of them women and children—through the prevention and treatment of diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV, malaria, and polio, and through efforts to prevent malnutrition. This represents a strong return on investment, as USAID has historically received less than one percent of the federal budget.
 
Unfortunately, recent White House cuts to USAID have already led to catastrophic consequences. In Yemen alone, U.S. food aid cuts ended lifesaving assistance for 2.4 million people and nutritional care for 100,000 children, with similar deadly impacts across refugee communities worldwide.
 
President Trump said foreign aid didn’t serve American interests and made the world less stable, despite evidence showing the opposite.
 
Independent experts estimate that President Trump’s cuts to USAID have already killed over 600,000 people, primarily women and children. Deaths could rise to 1.6 million a year if future planned cuts move forward.
 
We are introducing a resolution urging Congress and the White House to restore funding and support for USAID so life-saving programs can resume.
 
Please join us in co-sponsoring this resolution to uplift this critical life-and-death issue.