Rep. Gerry Connolly remarks at Democrats' news conference on USAID [View all]
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'We're here to save lives' - top Democrat
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Representative Gerry Connolly, a top Democrat on foreign aid issues, has pledged to fight to protect all the programmes and assistance provided by USAID.
"We're here to save lives," he says, and then adds "lives all over the world".
Democrat lawmaker Gerry Connolly says “no-one elected Elon Musk to dismantle” USAID.
“Congress created this agency,” he says.
“If you want to change it, you’ve got to change that law.
“It’s a matter for Congress to deal with, not an unelected billionaire oligarch named Elon Musk.”
He suggests that if Musk wants to run the agency, he should get nominated by President Donald Trump and face Senate hearings.
“Good luck in getting confirmed,” he says.
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