US EditionSenator Defends $20M USAID Funding for Iraqi 'Sesame Street' Program
- Senator Cynthia Lummis criticized USAID for spending $20 million on a 'Sesame Street' program in Iraq during a Senate floor speech, highlighting various expenditures as wasteful.
- Lummis mentioned other USAID funding, including $4.5 million for disinformation in Kazakhstan and $25 million for green transportation in Georgia.
- Delaware Senator Chris Coons defended the funding, stating it promotes values and public health for Iraqi children, and is a small fraction of overall federal spending.
- A federal judge blocked efforts to put thousands of USAID workers on leave, as the agency faces scrutiny from the Trump administration and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
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Democratic senator defends USAID allegedly funding Sesame Street show in Iraq for teaching ‘values’
close Video Democratic senator defends taxpayer-funded Sesame Street show in Iraq Delaware Sen. Chris Coons argued on CNN that a USAID-funded children’s show for Iraqi children was a good use of “soft power” overseas to “teach values.” Delaware Sen. Chris Coons agreed with CNN host Michael Smerconish that funding a “Sesame Street” show in Iraq could be a good use of taxpayer funding to teach “values” to Iraqi children. Smerconish commented on…
Clown Senator From Conn, Chris Coons Says The US Spending 20 Million On Sesame Street In Iraq Is Absolutely Necessary
Senator Chris Coons says the U.S. spending $20 million on Sesame Street in Iraq is absolutely necessary for US taxpayers to spend their money on. Coons says Sesame Street in Iraq is preventing kids from dying. "This isn't just funding a kids show for children, millions of children in countries like Iraq." "It's a show that helps teach values, helps teach public health, helps prevent kids from dying from dysentery and disease, and helps push val…
Senator Chris Coons Defends $20 Million U.S. Funding for Sesame Street in Iraq: "Preventing Kids from Dying"
WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews)-Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) has defended the U.S. government’s decision to spend $20 million on the production of Sesame Street in Iraq, emphasizing the critical role the program plays in promoting public health and countering extremism among Iraqi children. “This isn’t just funding a kids’ show,” Coons stated. “Millions of children in […]
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