Rand Paul: ‘It Is Time for Real Change, America Should Not Continue To Be the World’s Piggy Bank’

Paul Today we are ░░░░░░░░ to dive into reckless ░░░░░░░░ wasteful spending of our ░░░░░░░░ government particularly when it ░░░░░░░░ to foreign aid the ░░░░░░░░ States should not be ░░░░░░░░ sugar daddy for the ░░░░░░░░ world especially not for ░░░░░░░░ and organizations who act ░░░░░░░░ to our nation s ░░░░░░░░ Our country is 36 ░░░░░░░░ in debt yet we ░░░░░░░░ to send billions of ░░░░░░░░ overseas often funding projects ░░░░░░░░ are not just useless ░░░░░░░░ in many cases actively ░░░░░░░░ Taking the path to ░░░░░░░░ responsibility is often a ░░░░░░░░ journey but thanks to ░░░░░░░░ Musk and DOGE they ░░░░░░░░ brought to light the ░░░░░░░░ that I ve been ░░░░░░░░ for over the last ░░░░░░░░ Every year I release ░░░░░░░░ Festivus Report to expose ░░░░░░░░ ridiculous spending of the ░░░░░░░░ government and this past ░░░░░░░░ was no exception I ░░░░░░░░ over a trillion dollars ░░░░░░░░ government waste with the ░░░░░░░░ Department and USAID being ░░░░░░░░ of the worst offenders ░░░░░░░░ me give you just ░░░░░░░░ few examples of what ░░░░░░░░ unelected bureaucrats are spending ░░░░░░░░ hard earned money on ░░░░░░░░ 8 million went to ░░░░░░░░ s public affairs office ░░░░░░░░ Kyiv to fund social ░░░░░░░░ influencers Instead of protecting ░░░░░░░░ own border 2 1 ░░░░░░░░ was sent to Paraguay ░░░░░░░░ enhance their border security ░░░░░░░░ also funded a group ░░░░░░░░ Ukrainian women led designers ░░░░░░░░ travel to the Paris ░░░░░░░░ show I don t ░░░░░░░░ about you but I ░░░░░░░░ imagine Ukrainian women have ░░░░░░░░ important things to worry ░░░░░░░░ than appearing in the ░░░░░░░░ fashion show USAID spent ░░░░░░░░ million on transgender surgeries ░░░░░░░░ therapy and gender affirming ░░░░░░░░ in Guatemala Three million ░░░░░░░░ was spent to promote ░░░░░░░░ centric climate action in ░░░░░░░░ And I d love ░░░░░░░░ picture what a conversation ░░░░░░░░ girl centered climate action ░░░░░░░░ like It s like ░░░░░░░░ Barbie do you know ░░░░░░░░ girl centered climate change ░░░░░░░░ Since when do we ░░░░░░░░ arguments need to be ░░░░░░░░ for girls to understand ░░░░░░░░ insulting to women at ░░░░░░░░ that they think there ░░░░░░░░ special arguments for girls ░░░░░░░░ understand that are different ░░░░░░░░ boys 20 five thousand ░░░░░░░░ to fund a transgender ░░░░░░░░ in Colombia Was nobody ░░░░░░░░ Colombia willing to buy ░░░░░░░░ ticket USAID spent 32 ░░░░░░░░ in Peru to create ░░░░░░░░ comic featuring a trans ░░░░░░░░ to address social and ░░░░░░░░ health issues What does ░░░░░░░░ have to do with ░░░░░░░░ 20 thousand dollars to ░░░░░░░░ a DEI program for ░░░░░░░░ drag theater in Ecuador ░░░░░░░░ million dollars was spent ░░░░░░░░ produce a new Sesame ░░░░░░░░ show in Iraq USAID ░░░░░░░░ 6 million to promote ░░░░░░░░ project boosting sustainable tourism ░░░░░░░░ Egypt I guess the ░░░░░░░░ S is now the ░░░░░░░░ agent for the entire ░░░░░░░░ since they spent 50 ░░░░░░░░ on Tunisia s tourism ░░░░░░░░ though it s already ░░░░░░░░ of the most visited ░░░░░░░░ in Africa USAID gave ░░░░░░░░ 9 million to help ░░░░░░░░ farm and incidentally farm ░░░░░░░░ the plant from which ░░░░░░░░ is extracted As of ░░░░░░░░ Afghanistan supplied 90 percent ░░░░░░░░ the world s heroin ░░░░░░░░ thought the saying in ░░░░░░░░ U S was just ░░░░░░░░ no to drugs How ░░░░░░░░ we just say no ░░░░░░░░ wasteful foreign aid Seventy ░░░░░░░░ dollars for a live ░░░░░░░░ event to promote diversity ░░░░░░░░ inclusion and accessibility in ░░░░░░░░ State Department paid 330 ░░░░░░░░ to compile a disinformation ░░░░░░░░ to blacklist conservative media ░░░░░░░░ USAID funneled over 54 ░░░░░░░░ to EcoHealth funding the ░░░░░░░░ organization linked to the ░░░░░░░░ Institute of Virology the ░░░░░░░░ origin of the Covid ░░░░░░░░ pandemic Disgraceful 15 million ░░░░░░░░ was awarded to Taliban ░░░░░░░░ Afghanistan to distribute oral ░░░░░░░░ and condoms There s ░░░░░░░░ a 3 billion fund ░░░░░░░░ Afghan reconstruction that I ░░░░░░░░ tried to take that ░░░░░░░░ to pay for other ░░░░░░░░ that the government is ░░░░░░░░ money on and yet ░░░░░░░░ s been resistance by ░░░░░░░░ other side to deplete ░░░░░░░░ fund and say we ░░░░░░░░ done funding things in ░░░░░░░░ This is just the ░░░░░░░░ of the iceberg These ░░░░░░░░ taxpayer dollars being used ░░░░░░░░ fund ideologically misguided ineffective ░░░░░░░░ unnecessary projects thanks to ░░░░░░░░ blundering bureaucracy while our ░░░░░░░░ citizens struggle to put ░░░░░░░░ on the table This ░░░░░░░░ not what our government ░░░░░░░░ designed to do The ░░░░░░░░ S government is not ░░░░░░░░ charity and it should ░░░░░░░░ be doling out cash ░░░░░░░░ foreign organizations some of ░░░░░░░░ actively oppose the United ░░░░░░░░ with no oversight and ░░░░░░░░ don t have the ░░░░░░░░ to give We re ░░░░░░░░ the money we send ░░░░░░░░ need to ask a ░░░░░░░░ question Why are we ░░░░░░░░ money to send money ░░░░░░░░ Even if USAID eliminated ░░░░░░░░ crazy left wing grants ░░░░░░░░ trans operas it still ░░░░░░░░ no sense to borrow ░░░░░░░░ to then turn around ░░░░░░░░ send it overseas Borrowing ░░░░░░░░ to send as charity ░░░░░░░░ like the worker who ░░░░░░░░ no money left after ░░░░░░░░ for their food rent ░░░░░░░░ gas saying Oh well ░░░░░░░░ see this homeless person ░░░░░░░░ have such great sympathy ░░░░░░░░ ll go to the ░░░░░░░░ and I ll borrow ░░░░░░░░ thousand dollars to give ░░░░░░░░ this person That s ░░░░░░░░ we are doing We ░░░░░░░░ t pay for our ░░░░░░░░ and we are borrowing ░░░░░░░░ money we send overseas ░░░░░░░░ money could be used ░░░░░░░░ pay down our 36 ░░░░░░░░ debt and take care ░░░░░░░░ the American people the ░░░░░░░░ people who actually pay ░░░░░░░░ taxes in the first ░░░░░░░░ It s time for ░░░░░░░░ real change America should ░░░░░░░░ continue to be the ░░░░░░░░ s piggy bank It ░░░░░░░░ time to end the ░░░░░░░░ of foreign aid and ░░░░░░░░ the bureaucracy and for ░░░░░░░░ do what s right ░░░░░░░░ the American taxpayer With ░░░░░░░░ I recognize the ranking ░░░░░░░░ for opening remarks.”