WASHINGTON – Liz Schrayer, President and CEO of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC), released the following statement on the Administration’s latest decision to end its 90-day review of U.S. foreign assistance and terminate thousands of contracts, including for life-saving humanitarian assistance programs that had previously received waivers:

Nothing about this process has been in ‘good faith’. Abruptly ending the review – just 30 days into a stated 90-day process – and gutting nearly all U.S. international assistance programs, dangerously undermines America’s ability to win.

Make no mistake that the U.S. is ceding ground to our rivals – China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea – who will exert greater influence around the world at our expense. This is not winning.

Bipartisan leaders on Capitol Hill who are sure to receive this news with similar shock must demand answers from the Administration on how these decisions were made, on what basis, and at what cost to America’s interests. The American people deserve a transparent accounting of what will be lost – on counterterror, global health, food security, and competition.

There is still time to reverse course to advance Secretary Rubio’s directive for a foreign policy that makes America safer, stronger, and more prosperous.