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Created: 2025-07-21 20:12:30 UTC

Rep. Lawler's hearing on the State Department's FY26 budget posture highlights the critical need for accountability in foreign operations. The Budget Reform Act of 2025 (S.2090) mandates zero-based budgeting (Title II), forcing agencies like State to justify every dollar - a framework that would expose redundant programs like USAID's $601M "gender equity" slush funds or bloated embassy security contracts.

While Cunningham's testimony emphasized "strategic realignment," real reform requires dismantling legacy waste: $2.3B spent on Kabul Embassy upkeep post-withdrawal, $150M/yr on climate envoy staff, and $55M for DEI consultants.

Until agencies adopt Title III's biennial budget rigor with surgical cuts (Sec. 307), taxpayers will keep funding D.C.'s globalist hobby projects instead of core diplomatic priorities.

See which programs survive real scrutiny and which collapse under the numbers:


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