Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025

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Mr. BURLISON. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of this amendment to prohibit funding for the World Economic Forum.

Every year, the World Economic Forum hosts its annual luxury conference in Davos where CEOs, world leaders, and other globalists take their private jets to some ski town in Switzerland to discuss carbon emissions, which is ironic, erasing borders of our nations, and other high-minded ideas like encouraging a transition to eating insects because the Earth is ``running out of protein.''

The founder of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, says it provides a platform for high-powered leaders to ``shape global, regional, and industry agendas.''

All that really means is bigger governments, more taxes and spending, more surveillance of citizens, and more open borders.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Schwab was the guy pushing for ``the great reset'' to ``reshape the world.'' When Klaus Schwab says things like ``You will own nothing, and you will be happy,'' we should take him at his word.

When globalist elites get together to talk about their plans for world domination, we should not ignore them. We definitely should not be sending them our U.S. taxpayer dollars to legitimize their efforts.

If these Marxist hypocrites want to get together on their own dime, so be it. Since 2023, the State Department has funneled nearly 60 million taxpayer dollars to the World Economic Forum.

This amendment would simply prohibit the State Department from funneling any money from U.S. taxpayers to the World Economic Forum.

No matter how much they talk about ``protecting liberal democracy,'' these people, the globalists, are the problem.

If we are truly going to represent Americans, and if we are truly going to stand for our national sovereignty and the freedom to govern ourselves, then we need to stop legitimizing these globalists with our money.

I urge the adoption of this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. BURLISON. Mr. Chair, the gentlewoman says that there is nothing in this that sends money, yet since 2013, the State Department has funneled nearly $60 million to the World Economic Forum's efforts. It can't be both. Even if it is the case, then this amendment shouldn't worry anyone. It is belt and suspenders.

At the end of the day, when the American people are $34 trillion in debt--that is over $250,000 per taxpayer that they owe as their share of the national debt--we should not be taking out more debt to send to these globalists and fund their agenda.

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Mr. BURLISON. Mr. Chairman, it is a fact that, since 2013, we have funneled nearly $60 million to the efforts of this globalist elite organization. I don't think that the taxpayers of the United States should foot the bill for their agenda, which I think is an un-American agenda.

Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

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