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today, usaid and -- it should implement food for peace. stopping global conflicts from escalating into humanitarian disasters. the mcgovern-dole international food for education known for kansas' own bob dole help support child development and food security in food deficit countries around the globe. it provides for the donation for u.s. ag commodities as well as financial and technical assistance to support school meal programs as well as maternal and child nutrition programs. i supported this program in f.y. 2022 and f.y. 2023 appropriations because it was a proven track record for reducing hunger and improving literacy in children and helping provide nutrition for pregnant and nursing mothers, infants, and preschoolers. earlier this month, nicole burg, president of the national association of wheat growers, spoke to the house ag committee subcommittee on livestock and foreign agriculture. in her testimony, she gave us her eyewitness account of how international food assistance helps those people in most need from her 2019 trip to kenya

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o'connell: my understanding is $5 billion for the state department at usaid to do that work. representative: what would be done with that money? asst. sec. o'connell: the president committed 1.2 billion vaccines to the rest of the world. 5.2 billion have been delivered to 112 countries, but we have more work to do -- 5.2 million and been delivered to 112 countries, but we have more work to do. we have to make sure they are administered it is one thing to ship them, it is another to make sure they actually enter arms that that is part of the work usaid is planning next. representative: so, 5 billion would be sufficient to fulfill the rest of the pledge that was made? asst. sec. o'connell: usaid and state made that request and how much of the pledge it would fulfill, we will have to see. but that is what they were initially requesting. representative: can you come back to me with that? that is extremely part to me. we need more transparency on that because that is something i and a lot of others care deeply about. >> we have seen challenges administering vaccines in this countr

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saying that the billion in aid passed by transfer has not been even transferred to usaid accounts. and much of the aid that is supposed to be going into ukraine has not been delivered, calling it a strategic failure. how do you plan to fix this problem? >> thanks for that question. in terms of our ability to track the weapons going in, as you know we don't have any forces on the ground. so that's is difficult for us to do. we did have a very good discussion with both the minister of defense, a necessity to make sure that those weapons are tracked. and as best possible, to make sure that they're protected from falling into the hands of adversaries. now, when you're in a fight, as you know, if a specific battle is lost, you have less control over your ability to control items. but they are focused on this issue, and they know we are concerned about it. and we'll continue to engage. >> and jennifer, in terms of the humanitarian assistance, hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance has already gotten in, not only to ukraine, but to surrounding countries that are caring for ukrainia

. >> comes as usaid. he's arriving to help. the ukrainian military rushes attack is focused on the done boss region in the east. moscow backed separatists have been fighting in that area for years. russia has committed thousands of extra forces and has already started to pummel and estimates cities in that eastern region of ukraine. meanwhile, new u.s. military aid is being sent to ukraine, including heavy weapons like howitzer artillery cannons. >> we're being careful about what we're saying on each shipment. but i can tell you that those howitzers will be arriving soon. they we source and we know where were going to get them from. they're going to come from the united states will get them ready for shipment right now. the pentagon is reiterating that no u.s. forces will be in ukraine to help train. >> ukrainian soldiers on the new equipment. meanwhile, president biden is on the road today talking about his administration's signature piece of legislation. that's the infrastructure law. washington correspondent reshad hudson jo

this bill also requires usaid to provide congress and implement plans in annual reports to help treat and prevent malnutrition. mr. speaker, we must do more to support those in dire need, and we must answer their call for help. h.r. 4693 is this opportunity to do just that. to protect the lives of those suffering from malnutrition all around the world. this measure builds on the work and jurisdiction of usaid and will bolster efforts to respond and prevent malnutrition everywhere. while the united states has led the world in responding to covid-19 and its effects around the world, we must also ensure we don't lose ground and long standing investments such as food and food security. by supporting this legislation, we can take a meaningful step in doing both. i urge my colleagues to support this measure so we can move it one step closer to the president's desk. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. meuser: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro t

usaid was downsized dramatically and moved into a part of the state department. all you have to do is look at where we are, in terms of our economic assistance programs, compared with the chinese proposals. the problem with the phrase pivot to asia is it makes it seem like we are going to focus all of our efforts in all of these arenas just in asia or just on china, in asia, the same with our military forces. we face a situation today where china's the largest trading partner of virtually every country in latin america. china and russia -- china is a trading partner of most of the countries in africa. the russians are putting military forces, mercenaries into probably half a dozen or 10 african countries. the middle east. . still matters -- the middle east still matters. , all of a sudden, for the first time since henry kissinger got the soviets out of egypt in 197 3, the egyptians are now buying arms from the russians again. this is a global contest that we are in. and our interests are global. for a variety of reasons. that is an issue that i think our politici

usaid was downsized dramatically and moved into a part of the state department. all you have to do is look at where we are in terms of our economic assistance programs, compared with the chinese belt and rope proposals. the problem with the phrase pivot to asia is it makes it seem like we are going to focus all of our efforts in all of these arenas just in asia or just on china, in asia, the same with our military forces. but we face a situation today where china's the largest trading partner of virtually every country in latin america. china and russia -- china is a trading partner of most of the countries in africa. the russians are putting the russians are putting military forces, mercenaries into probably half a dozen or 10 african countries. the russians are putting military forces, mercenaries into probably half a dozen or 10 african countries. the middle east still matters. we can't do that. and all of a sudden for the first time since henry kissinger got the soviets out of egypt in 1973, the egyptians are now buying arms from the russians again. this is a

usaid was downsized dramatically and moved into a part of the state department. all you have to do is look at where we are in terms of our economic assistance programs, compared with the chinese belt and road proposals. the problem with the phrase "pivot to asia" is that it makes it seem like we are going to focus all of our efforts in all of these arenas just in asia or just on china, in asia, the same with our military forces. but we face a situation today where china's the largest trading partner of virtually every country in latin america. china and russia -- china is a trading partner of most of the countries in africa. the russians are putting military forces, mercenaries, into probably half a dozen or 10 african countries. the middle east still matters. people like to say that we are withdrawing and don't want anything to do with the middle east anymore. you can't do that. and all of a sudden, for the first time since henry kissinger got the soviets out of egypt in 1973, the egyptians are now buying arms from the russians again. so this is a global contest

we have a close relationship with usaid. i met with director powers previously. she travels the region as well. none of us have the resources, so that helps us work together more collaboratively across all the interagency and work to figure out how we can invest in this region. i'd also like to highlight that china gets 36% of its food source from this aor as well. the aor has a lot of resources being eyed by our competitors. >> i think this is going to be a matter of growing importance this year given the war in ukraine and how much grain ukraine and russia provide to the rest of the world as well as fertilizer or other agriculture inputs, not only increasing prices on our grocery shelves here in america but also threats to stability in your region and africa and the middle east and places that have pretty fragile governments and limited food supplies. thank you. >> senator blumenthal. >> thanks, mr. chairman. thank you both for your service. thanks for being here today. this morning president biden announced that the united states will welcome 100,000 ukrainian

have left ukraine since the start of the war including more than half of the children and now some usaid groups are rushing in to help evacuate children from eastern ukraine as russian troops ramp up the shelling attacks. alexis mcadams shares my from poland taking in more than 2 million ukrainian refugees. reporter: good evening. russian troops turning innocent civilians into targets killing men, women and children. now thousands of ukrainian kids are orphaned. this is who we are talking about. videos of ukrainian orphans waiting to evacuate from the war-torn country. many have lost moms and dads during the russian invasion. summer killed by russian troops. others died after they were left without food or water or medical care for weeks. left on their own in the middle of a war zone with nowhere to turn organizations are stepping in. with help of military veterans to organize safe passage for the kids. the global empowerment mission going into the war zone to help these kids. one of the main concerns right now is human trafficking. they are bringing people here to poland and bringing th

usaid is there and their businesses and corporations that are in the region. but there is a huge investment by long-term strategic competitor in the region. some of these countries as well as i look allows me too outcompete my adversary for military sales i am out for military financing, security cooperation, being able to have responsive levers we cannot take a year -- two years when our partner nations are asking for capability. a couple kilos, fighter jets, weapons, vehicles, and we take two years. our processes have got to be able to evolve with the times. and we have got to be faster. >> do you see and our hemisphere that russia and china have become clearly no question by their adversaries? >> there definitely competitors i do look at them as adversaries. >> when you see american companies that go do business in china, with the chinese government the chinese and military, does that make your job harder or less hard? >> i look at it from a perspective of the dual use. you come under the guise of infrastructure, doing a good thing for that particular count

well, i'm worried that they won't even accept usaid and i urge the government to accept aid from the united states and from the entire international community right now while the needs of their people are so critical. this is bush. is there any evidence that the sanctions the us and other nations have imposed on the leaders in myanmar or burma have had an effect only anecdotal we have heard and not probably can't really confirm about some of the leaders who who's who are targeted actions that they've taken that make us think they they don't like those targeted sanctions on the leaders themselves. you'll have any strong message for the dictatorship for military detectors of enormous as far as this democracy and this like clone is concerned and you think they will have a change up for heart and minds because of this repetitive i hope so. i hope that there will be one good thing that comes out of such huge destruction and that would be the government's realization that the people of burma need help and they need more help than they can give them able why such a historic interest. this i

biden's call for $33 billion for ukraine is over half the entire budget of the state department and usaid. benjamin called biden's request a down payment on world war iii, and added, "we need diplomacy, not billions more in weapons!" the united nations warns human activity has damaged and degraded up to 40% of the world's land, reducing the fertility of soil and stripping of native trees, vegetation, and biodiversity. the report by the u.n.'s convention to combat desertification finds most of the damage is caused by food production, risking the ability of nations to continue feeding earth's growing population. a new study in the journal "science" finds the climate crisis poses the largest risk to marine animals since an asteroid impact wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. the study found about a third of all the animals in the ocean could vanish within three centuries unless humanity takes dramatic steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. with strong action to halt the climate crisis, the study found, up to 70% of extinctions could be prevented. meanwhile, a report in the journa

so we have a very close working relationship with usaid. and i met with the director and she travels the rejob as well, but none of us have the resources. and so i think that helps us work together more collaboratively across all of the interagency and work to figure you hout to work in this region. china gets 36% of its food source from this aor as well. and so the aor just has a lot of resources that are being eyed by our competitors. >> they are. i think this is going to be a matter of growing importance this year given the war in ukraine and how much grain ukraine and russia provide to the rest of the world. as well as how many inputs they provide and fertilizer. or other agricultural inputs. not only in increasing prices on our grocery shelves, but threats to stability in your region and in africa and the middle east and places that have pretty fragile governments and limited food supplies. thank you. >> senator blumenthal? >> thank you, both, for your service. thank you for being here today. this morning president biden announced that

they have not even reached usaid. he insisted that, given the scale of this operation, a pretty smooth running pipeline. you pointed some of the cargo behind him in that facility. he said to the reporters, if you stay there, it will be on his way to ukraine. dara? >> rough sanchez, live from lviv. thank you. appreciate your time. tough as we've been mentioning, anthony blinken and lloyd giving a press conference they met with volodymyr zelenskyy. we will have more details of that day. stay with us on msnbc. i'm dara brown. now, back to dateline. k to dateline. -- the acts was in town, the most recent acts that is rob dixon. one page had all the trouble with, of course the relationship didn't start off that way, it never does. -- >> first we only saw the good, side that is why paige always saw. he was part of our family and we loved him as much as -- he was a good guy to have. >> he had been a hardworking paramedic and until is that made it one time fortune in >> vice on the phone said, this -- >> he had admitted to ha

the head of usaid, one of our country's most eloquent diplomatic heavyweights, samantha power is going to be here live as our guest to talk about that andst more. today, the lieutenant governor of new york state resigned after he was arrested thi

well, i'm worried that they won't even accept usaid and i urge the government to accept aid from the united states and from the entire international community right now while the needs of their people are so critical. this is bush. is there any evidence that the sanctions the us and other nations have imposed on the leaders in myanmar or burma have had an effect only anecdotal we have heard and not probably can't really confirm about some of the leaders who who's who are targeted actions that they've taken that make us think they they don't like those targeted sanctions on the leaders themselves. you'll have any strong message for the dictatorship for military detectors of enormous as far as this democracy and this like clone is concerned and you think they will have a change up for heart and minds because of this repetitive i hope so. i hope that there will be one good thing that comes out of such huge destruction and that would be the government's realization that the people of burma need help and they need more help than they can give them able why such a historic interest. this i

officials accused russian forces of terrorizing their remaining civilians in the besieged city and usaid saying that ukrainian citizens are stripped of their phone, screened and identified through a so-called filtration process before they can enter or move within mariupol. a ukrainian human rights official said that russian citizens do not need any permanent identification. raf sanchez joins us from ukraine. thank you for being with us, we just read a little bit of this urgent appeal by the commander who is inside that mariupol steel plant, describing a truly, a truly desperate situation. give us the very latest as to what is happening in there, and is there any plan, any chance that those people can get out? >> jonathan, this was a desperate appeal from the depths of what remains of that steel plant. ukrainian marine commander he is saying that 600 of his men are wounded and they do not have the medical supplies they need and they will die down there in the dark innocence those tunnels if there isn't some kind of evacuation. he appealed to pope francis to use his good offices to try to

i've always felt like whether it was our state department or usaid, there has been cultural imperialism that is, to our policies to other countries who maybe don't share the same ideas and cultural values that we do here in the united states. i understand the sensitivity, if that's what i wanted to go. but it makes no sense that you would then punish florida parents, or even governor desantis, for taking a stance the way he did. at such a double standard. you see it with the uighurs, i mean china is not just our enemy, they are the number one human rights violators in the world. and that is really where the focus should be. >> it such an important point about the uighurs, there was an individual who escaped china atrocities, he spoke to axios. lawrence, take a look at the abuses he said he incurred. he was a christian, typically the uighurs are a muslim minority population. he said guards restrained him so tightly a cut off circulation to his arms and legs. they use tiger chains, devices, lee used in chinese torture. they shocked them with electric prods when he fell asleep. they've giv

the president at the rockefeller foundation, former usaid director during the obama years. america, we don't have a food shortage, yes, the price of bread may go up, but we don't have a shortage. a country like egypt that relies heavily on exports from russia and ukraine, how dire is the situation in some of these places? >> well, thank you, chuck, for having me. it's extremely dire. 2022 is likely to be the worst for global hunger and starvation perspective, more so than any year since world war ii. the reality is if you are in egypt you're facing food import price bills, fuel cost that is are similarly up that much or more and paying out debt with high interest rates going up because of inflation all around the world. and you're doing that precisely when you're going to have a hotter and drier year by most meteorological estimates. so the reality is northern africa, the horn of africa, west africa, parts of latin america, parts of southeast asia will all face lower food production years at a time when food prices are sky high and only going up and it will lead to a tremen

without global funding, usaid won't have the resources to get more shots in arms. we'll be forced toto scale back our work providing oxygen and antiviral pills coming and we will lack the funding to provide rapid testing to countries and needs. it's not just about vaccine doses of course. i know that's kind of the question you asked. it's also about providing the know-how and the individuals at times, the training to be able to get shots in arms coming into those are programs that we find through our global efforts as well, and we need that funding in order to continue these programs. >> and just lastly, general meli had some testimony today regarding the significant international conflict [inaudible] is that what the president shares and is that the assessment of the u.s. government [inaudible] >> certainly the general speaks for the assessment of the u.s. military, and i think that's what he was testifying on, and you know, he speaks on behalf of the administration. >> the general also said he thinks the war in ukraine will be measured in years and this will be a

the head of usaid, the head of the country's most eloquent, a diplomatic heavyweights, samantha power, is going to be here live tonight as our guest to talk about that and more. today, the lieutenant governor of new york state resigned after he was arrested this morning and charged with multiple felony

in this discussion, it's likely they will be discussing usaid, last week president biden announced new assistance, and there is likely more money going to be approved in the coming weeks. yvonne: turkey closing airspace to russian jets flying to syria. what are the implications? >> russia has other ways to get to syria, they can fly over iran. turkey and russia are on opposite sides of the conflict in syria. the countries have a complicated relationship, making this kind of a move is making adjuster -- a gesture. turkey does rely heavily on russia for natural gas. turkey is having to manage a difficult relationship. the president is going to be meeting today with the u.s. secretary general will be traveling later in the week to meet with pruden and zelinski. it's a sign that people have not completely given up on diplomacy. yvonne: thanks. coming up, we will talk more about supply chains, singapore discussing sustainable shipping. don't miss our exclusive interview with the chief executive. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: we are continuing to see risk off across the board, iron ore, oil

>> usaid made that request and how much of a pledge it would fulfill we have to see but -- >> that is extremely important. i feel like we need more transparency on that piece because that is something the lot of others care deeply about. i will yield back. >> the critical reports, the challenges measuring back to this country is not lost on a limited setting, 14% of research limited settings, we need administration capacity, surveillance capacity, safety capacity, data capacity in all these places to deliver those vaccines and give them to the people. >> we need a lot more than $5 million for that and that is where we need more transparency and information from you on that. are i yield back. i have to go vote. >> thank you very much. the chair recognizes mr. scalise for five minutes. >> rochelle walensky, we recently interviewed doctor henry walk, cdc's director for the center of preparedness and response in your office. you know mister walk, don't you? >> yes, very well. >> the respect doctor walk's opinion on the job he does? >> he has great integrity and has my respect. >> i ask be

and a half times the entire budget of the state apartment and usaid. is the pentagon the only federal agency that has never passed an audit? dir. young: i believe that's correct. >> and it has failed its last four audits, yet we are continuing to pile money on top. i would just say that to the previous representative's questions, i would argue there more efficient ways to spend the money we have. it does not mean that we can have solid and secure national security if we actually cut out waste fraud and abuse and focus on technologies that will provide us with the biggest bang for the buck. it seems that our only strategy our military spending is bigger is better. do you think that bigger is better forever and ever? dir. young: i think a defense budget has to be strategy based. you have been a longtime advocate here on getting rid of waste and abuse in the department of defense, that is accurate. but we have heard from the other side of the aisle who believe our number is not large enough. that is why we believe the right thing to do here is use the lon

and backing to help field the leaders by confirming ambassadors and funding the state department and usaid. thanks to the authorities and resources you provide and for your interest and support in the capabilities that it requires to accomplish the mission. in summary it remains cheap insurance for american security. thank you and i look forward to your questions. >> do you assess that successfully concluding a nuclear deal with iran will provide additional stability particularly with respect to nuclear weapons not just in iran but other states and also give to the united states and the west essentially almost daily insight to the nuclear posture of iran? >> it's not to possess a nuclear weapon. the most effective way is a negotiated agreement which i fully support and that's the best way to get to that and be able to talk about other activities in the region that are equally threatening to the states that are nonnuclear and character. >> what is your operational assessment of removing the majority of the u.s. forces out of somalia and djibouti and would have been the impacts on the partne

i'm not sure why i'm telling you, but i was the benefit theory of usaid. food aid in on this on a street in moscow because it had made its way onto the black market. and so i had some frozen chicken paid for by the american taxpayer and with the with the price jacked up on the streets of moscow, but it was terrible economic catastrophe and it has been called by others underslund is one the worst economic catastrophe outside of wartime in in history, except now, i think for venezuela we could say so it really at the bottom of the barrel a recipient of loans from lenders of last resort. unemployment something new for for posts of each citizens who had never faced this before. in terms of its gross domestic product comparing brazil, russia, india china and south africa is often included with the eu28 and the united states in this time period the first 25 years or so you can you can kind of see where where russia fits in in terms of its gdp here. it is comparatively speaking. here's china look at the look at the takeoff there. here's the european union 28. so

need to require accountability because we spent a lot of money, and we were just discussing with our usaid office, you know, where's the accountability? we need to see what's happening. why, you know, all of the money for humanitarian aid and everything else is not on the ground many in ukraine, poland and other countries, you know? so i think this organization is not, you know, doing its job. and we can do a lot of resolutions there, but ultimately it was set up to bring peace if many conflicts like that. and it's not doing it. and there's more accountabilitied immediatedded. neil: obviously, ukrainian president zelenskyy, the foreign minister today once again talking about the need for weapons, you know, that's what they need, and hay need them quickly. -- they need them quickly. there's been sort of this dark view among some in ukraine, i don't know where you stand on this, congresswoman, who fear that we're not rushing this because we don't want to see vladimir putin lose, that he could be an even more dangerous despot if he did. first of all, do you agree with that? do you think we de

usaid has asked us for about $5 billion. that request came in december. that wasn't to step up the efforts. that was just to maintain the current insufficient effort and the senate zeroed out that funding which if we allow that to stand, we are at basically no effort going forward this year. so i want to ask about this from a strategic perspective so set aside the obvious public health arguments for doing this. can you talk a little bit about in terms of the competition with china some examples of when and how we've benefited when we've been able to provide the sort of assistance and how you feel we as a country are constrained right now by the lack of resources. >> thank you very much mr. chair man for raising this issue. the president, the secretary, virtually all of you have been clear nobody is safe until everybody is safe. we've seen that time and time again with a variance from other countries making its way to our shores and having another surge. without additional funding to support getting shots into arms around the world we would have to cut sho

usaid are flowing a lot of other humanitarian assistance across the border now and the europeans are providing that too. >> there's other economic trends other than inflation, historic job growth, historic growth in the gdp and historic growth in wages and salaries this morning, and new unemployment claims were announced and it's the lowest number since 1968. in january of 2021, we were seeing 965,000 unemployment claims a week, and it's 166,000 now. many of us met with admiral and secretary this morning and we asked about that, it's fantastic and the job force is great and it creates workforce challenges and how are you tackling the workforce needs when the unemployment rate is dropping so quickly? >> it certainly does -- one of the things that creates headwinds for us in terms of recruiting, and not only uniformed personnel but getting the right kinds of talent that we need to fill our ranks here. we will continue to devote resources to making sure that we're doing the right things in marketing and advertising and outreach, but these are challenges that we have faced before and we