Risch says that USAID needs strict review of what funding is going toward

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Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. Jim Risch , R-Idaho, said a thorough review of spending from U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is warranted, following the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul the agency.

USAID previously was an independent agency to provide impoverished countries aid and offer development assistance, but the agency was upended since February when President Donald Trump installed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to oversee the organization amid concerns that USAID did not advance U.S. core interests . Since then, the agency has faced layoffs and is being absorbed into the State Department.

This increased scrutiny on USAID spending is valid, according to Risch.