Mario Diaz-Balart Writes America's Foreign Aid Budget. He Cut It 22%, Called It a Promise Kept, and Says PEPFAR "Cannot, and Should Not, Go On Forever."
As chairman of the subcommittee that funds the State Department and all U.S. foreign aid, Diaz-Balart has cut nearly $12 billion since 2023 — while a Lancet study projects more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030 if the aid cuts hold.