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Lawmaker urges United Nations budget cuts, praises ambassadors' reform push
Summary
A lawmaker criticized the United Nations' expansion and called for budget cuts, praising Ambassadors Waltz and Bartos for winning broad support and saying the goal is to return the UN to core peace-and-security work.
A lawmaker criticized the United Nations' expansion and urged budget cuts, saying, "Its budget just in the last 25 years has tripled in size," and praising Ambassador Waltz and Ambassador Bartos for their reform efforts.
The speaker framed the remarks as part of a broader U.S. reform effort and invoked the president's position, saying, "President Trump has been abundantly clear. We will not tolerate what has been the status quo." The lawmaker credited Ambassador Bartos and his team with securing agreement from member states to reduce spending, saying they had "had all 190 countries to agree."
The remarks repeatedly returned to the stated aim of narrowing the UN's focus to core functions: "We are getting the United Nations back to basics, back to maintaining the peace and maintaining security around the world," the lawmaker said. The speaker also accused entrenched interests of resisting change, urging removal of what he called "the rot" and "the grift."
The transcript contains no record of a formal motion, vote, or procedural outcome tied to these remarks. The statements in this article reflect what the speaker said in the transcript; claims about member-state agreements and budgetary numbers are presented as the speaker's assertions and are not independently verified in the provided record.
