The administration’s disruption of international humanitarian and development assistance has significantly impacted millions of vulnerable people worldwide, including women and children.
In the next phase of codifying spending cuts, we anticipate the administration will request Congress cancel previously appropriated funds for humanitarian and development assistance through a process called rescissions. These funds were intended to support vulnerable families and communities by ensuring access to emergency food aid, helping smallholder farmers improve their crops and strengthening community capacity to meet their own needs. Rescinding these funds means fewer people will receive lifesaving and life-affirming aid, and needs will continue to rise.
Congress is also assessing support for lifesaving aid in the fiscal year 2026 federal budget. Congress has traditionally supported international humanitarian and development funding. As the U.S. realigns its spending around the broad objectives of making America safer, stronger and more prosperous, we must ensure that lifesaving and life-affirming aid remains a central and contributing component of this strategy.
đź“Ł Please lift your voice on behalf of our most vulnerable sisters and brothers and urge Congress to:
- Oppose rescissions of previously appropriated funds for lifesaving humanitarian and development assistance.
- Maintain current funding levels for poverty-reducing international assistance in fiscal year 2026 appropriations.
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