<p>Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) advocated over the weekend for saving some foreign aid programs funded by USAID that he said help people around the world and provide a tremendous benefit for the U.S. by creating goodwill toward the U.S. amongst many of the world&#8217;s poorest countries.</p>
<p>McCaul made the remarks during a Sunday CBS News interview with Margaret Brennan when asked about some of the spending cuts.</p>
<p>He noted that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has already placed waivers on humanitarian assistance in PEPFAR, which he said was &#8220;the most successful global health program, initiated by President Bush.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The peace through food program dates back to the &#8217;50s, after the Marshall Plan,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It is to provide stability in fragile, unstable countries. It is to counter Russia, China, and terrorism. It is our diplomatic power. Otherwise, we&#8217;re talking about bullets, as Mattis talked about, and Lindsey Graham.&#8221;</p>
<p>He said that there was a tremendous amount of waste being spent on bogus programs around the world, like drag shows in Ecuador, that he said should absolutely be cut.</p>
<p>&#8220;I can always speak to the program that President Bush started, and it was to save millions of lives,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That is probably one of the — been the best goodwill missions in the United States — and put the best face, no pun intended, on the nation, overseas, with our adversaries, countering them, with these people. We&#8217;re saving their lives.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The best global health program ever implemented by the United States was PEPFAR. I&#8217;d hate to see that go away,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It will sunset once we achieve the mission. However, programs like that, when you look at the National Security importance of USAID, need to be maintained. And I go back to why it was implemented in the first place.&#8221;</p>
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