House Oversight subcommittee grills witnesses on USAID spending, food aid blockages and alleged ties to extremist groups

The House Oversight Committee's Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency convened a hearing on U.S. foreign aid that produced sharply partisan exchanges, competing assessments of USAID's record, and urgent appeals over blocked food deliveries.

Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene opened the hearing by saying the panel met “at a time where all of us are witnessing billions of dollars in taxpayer waste, fraud, and abuse being exposed across every agency of our federal government.” The hearing featured four outside witnesses and more than a dozen members of Congress who questioned whether taxpayer dollars have been properly vetted and whether recent agency changes have harmed U.S. interests.

The hearing brought three recurring themes into focus: allegations that U.S. foreign assistance has been misdirected or inadequately overseen; concerns that recent decisions to pause or change USAID operations are causing immediate humanitarian harm; and calls from some members to tighten…