Tell Congress: Reinstate USAID Funding And Save Lives Now

The Trump administration has terminated the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—shutting down 90% of America's foreign aid programs and furloughing 10,000 employees.

The agency has provided critical HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, emergency food assistance in famine-stricken regions, malaria prevention, maternal and child health programs, and disaster response.

The administration terminated 5,800 USAID contracts and 4,100 State Department grants worth $75.9 billion. Critical programs have been halted: medicine preventing HIV transmission to newborns, emergency food kitchens in Sudan's famine, educational programs for Afghan women and girls, and disease treatment research during active outbreaks.

USAID was established by Congress as an independent agency in 1998. Only Congress can legally eliminate it. Federal courts have already ruled parts of the aid freeze unlawful.
Congress has the power and the obligation to restore these lifesaving programs now. Tell them to act.