Rep. Huizenga: America has the truth on its side

House Committee on Foreign Affairs · March 5, 2026

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Opening: public diplomacy as national security

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Representative from Michigan opened by framing public diplomacy as a core national security tool that persuades foreign publics to partner with the United States and warned that poor programs can squander taxpayer dollars and damage U.S. influence.

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A Representative from Michigan told the House Committee on Foreign Affairs that U.S. public diplomacy is a national security tool under threat from foreign propaganda and undermined by what the speaker called wasteful State Department spending; the speaker urged Congress to complete reforms and elevate the Bureau of Global Public Affairs.

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