ICYMI - Issa to USAID: Come Clean About Funding Groups with Terror Ties

Washington – Last week, the Washington Examiner broke disturbing findings that the U.S. Agency for International Development gave grants to terror-linked non-profit Helping Hand despite an ongoing investigation by the USAID Inspector General into links between the organization and Pakistan-based terrorist group, Falah-e-Insaniat.

“As a fundamental principle, federal agencies need to allow the IG’s to do their critical oversight work, be responsive to their legal recommendations, and honor the spirit of their investigations. In this case, it is troubling to learn that American foreign aid may have been directed to organizations with terror ties,” said Rep. Issa. “The American people are demanding that their hard-earned tax dollars serve American interests, and every misspent dollar makes American engagement abroad that much more difficult to sustain. This Congress knows we have an obligation to our fellow citizens to ensure that we scrutinize how these resources are being spent now more than ever.”

As a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Issa will continue to ensure that U.S. foreign aid serves U.S. interests.

The exclusive piece by the Washington Examiner can be found here.