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Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026

Floor Speech

By: Anna Luna
By: Anna Luna
Date: Jan. 14, 2026
Location: Washington, DC

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Mrs. LUNA. The National Endowment for Democracy needs to change its name to the National Endowment for Censorship.

I hear if we defund programs in Pakistan, Congo, and the Ukraine, all of which--Pakistan has election fraud, Congo has 40,000 child slaves in cobalt mines, and Ukraine is jailing Christians--then we are simply despots and part of the problem, but I disagree. In fact, we have proof that NED actually was a part of deplatforming President Trump, which I don't think the President would take kindly to Republicans supporting its efforts, not to mention their head makes close to $500,000 a year.

Mr. Chair, I encourage my colleagues to not vote for this. It is a farce, it is nonsense, and our tax dollars should not be going toward it.

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