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Members held a Special Order criticizing the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID and cuts to U.S. foreign assistance, and calling to rebuild the agency. Democrats including Beyer, Frankel, McGovern, Amo, Subramanyam, Dean, and Sherman said the cuts caused preventable deaths abroad from disease and hunger, cost American jobs and farm contracts, led to lawsuits and settlements, and weakened national security by allowing diseases, instability, and migration pressures to grow. They argued foreign aid takes less than one percent of the federal budget and saves money later. The hour was spent entirely on Democratic members’ remarks; no opposing statements appear in the sample.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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