Hi Friend –

At this moment of enormous disruption for America’s role in the world, I’ve shared various thoughts and analysis over the past few months. Today, I am excited to share this Fox News exclusive featuring USGLC’s just released Blueprint: "America Needs to 'Reform, Not Retreat' from Global Assistance Programs, Foreign Policy Organization Says."

USGLC is presenting our Blueprint for America to Win in the World with 10 forward-looking recommendations for Congress and the Administration to ensure U.S. international assistance programs deliver for the American people.

The Blueprint is already receiving great reception from Republican and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill and I hope you’ll help us spread the word by sharing our posts on X, IG, LinkedIn, or Facebook.

USGLC has long advocated for smart reforms to make assistance programs more transparent, accountable, and cost-effective. But let’s be clear, reform alone is not enough. We need strategic investments in the people and programs that stop preventable deaths, keep threats from reaching our shores, and help us outcompete China and maintain our economic edge.

» Download the full report at USGLC.org/Blueprint2025

Read on for The Global Gab, where we share the Blueprint’s highlights, preview the budget battles in Congress, and more. Let me know which recommendation in the Blueprint you like best.

Many thanks,

Liz
Liz Schrayer, USGLC

THE GLOBAL GAB
May 8th, 2025

A BLUEPRINT FOR AMERICA TO WIN IN THE WORLD. The world is entering a new era, where growing threats, geopolitical rivalries, and worsening humanitarian disasters pose grave challenges to American interests at home and abroad. To meet the moment, the United States is poised to return to a Peace Through Strength approach – leveraging international assistance and diplomacy, alongside defense, as essential tools for navigating the complexities of today’s world and promoting America’s national security, economic prosperity, and values.

USGLC’s Blueprint outlines ten practical recommendations that Congress and the Trump Administration can implement to ensure U.S. international assistance delivers for the American people and makes our nation stronger, safer, and more prosperous.

Here are the highlights but read the full report for details of winning ideas at USGLC.org/Blueprint2025

The Blueprint recognizes that for these reforms to be successful, we must back up America’s team with the resources and capacity required to match the scale of threats to make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous.

» Full text of the Blueprint here

BUDGET BATTLES. Last Friday, the administration released its Fiscal Year 2026 “skinny” budget request to Congress, proposing a deep and disproportionate 48% cut to international assistance and diplomacy—on top of a request to rescind (cancel) an additional $21.6 billion previously appropriated by Congress. Adjusting for inflation, this would shrink our investments in these critical national security tools by 84% to the lowest level since World War II. Expect a full debate as the budget discussions move to Congress.

USGLC HOSTS LOCAL TOWNHALLS. Over April congressional recess, when many policymakers shied away from face-to-face events with their constituents, USGLC was proud to host a series of town halls across the country with leading policymakers and over a thousand of their constituents—veterans, small business owners, farmers, and faith leaders—for impressive discussions on how U.S. international assistance helps America win.

» In the next Global Gab, we will provide a full readout of these amazing conversations.



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