[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 66 (Thursday, April 20, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1898]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               UNITED NATIONS IGNORES AUDITORS' REQUESTS

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, we have a lot of committee hearings and a 
lot of subcommittee hearings here every week, and the press is not able 
to adequately cover them all.
  I highlight the committee hearing in which we examined the current 
assistance of the United States toward what is left of Afghanistan.
  The United States, being the United States, even after we left that 
country, gives from $4 billion to $5 billion in aid, which should be 
humanitarian aid to help the Afghan people. In the hearing, we heard 
from the inspector general, who is somewhat of an auditor of American 
programs, as to what was becoming of the money.
  Our wonderful United Nations, together with the State Department, 
together with the Department of Defense, together with the USAID, some 
of these agencies breaking the law, refused to open up their books and 
tell our auditors what they are doing with the money.
  I hope, as we head into appropriations season, we do not forget that 
when we give money to the United Nations, they ignore our requests to 
find out what is happening to the money. I hope the American public 
also remembers what the Departments of Defense and State are doing.

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