{"id":2462457,"date":"2025-07-16T12:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disturbing-leftist-projects-your-tax-dollars-funded-hearing\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T12:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:58:06","slug":"disturbing-leftist-projects-your-tax-dollars-funded-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disturbing-leftist-projects-your-tax-dollars-funded-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Disturbing&#8217; Leftist Projects Your Tax Dollars Funded: Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisturbing-leftist-projects-your-tax-dollars-funded-hearing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2462457&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports on a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight hearing that scrutinized the use of American taxpayer dollars too <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fund left-leaning nonprofit initiatives<\/a>,including regime change efforts in Hungary and immigrant housing and transportation in the U.S. Conservative witnesses such as Scott Walter,Mike Gonzalez,and Tyler O&#8217;Neil criticized the biden governance for funneling over $1.6 billion to NGOs that support activist causes, some of which allegedly interfere in foreign elections and promote agendas contrary to conventional Western values. Examples highlighted include USAID funding linked to left-wing groups and influence operations in Hungary, as well as extensive federal support for transgender-related programs. Democratic members dismissed the hearing as politically motivated, defending NGO activities as tools of &#8220;soft power.&#8221; The hearing&#8217;s chairman emphasized the public&#8217;s right to transparency regarding government spending. Witnesses called for greater oversight and audits to prevent misuse of federal funds. 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return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>American taxpayer dollars have funded regime change in Hungary and housing and transportation for immigrants in the United States, among other left-wing agendas, as discussed during testimony in Tuesday&rsquo;s House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight hearing. <\/p>\n<p>The subcommittee held the <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/committee-activity\/hearings\/how-leftist-nonprofit-networks-exploit-federal-tax-dollars-advance-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hearing<\/a> to examine &ldquo;How Leftist Nonprofit Networks Exploit Federal Tax Dollars to Advance a Radical Agenda.&rdquo; CRC President Scott Walter, Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow Mike Gonzalez, and Daily Signal Senior Editor Tyler O&rsquo;Neil spoke against the misuse of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-u-s-government-gave-1-89-billion-to-abortion-businesses-like-planned-parenthood\/\" title=\"U.S. Government provided ....89B to abortion organizations, ... Planned Parenthood\">taxpayer dollars funneled<\/a> to non-government organizations (NGOs). Ambassador Luis C.deBaca defended the work of NGOs and called on Congress to &ldquo;restore&rdquo; USAID to intervene in causes abroad.<em><strong> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1450992220\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In his opening statement, O&rsquo;Neil detailed how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-refuses-to-guarantee-that-taxpayer-money-in-stimulus-bill-wont-go-toward-abortions\/\" title=\"Psaki Refuses To Guarantee That Taxpayer Money In Stimulus Bill Won\u2019t Go Toward Abortions\">tax dollars fund<\/a> the left&rsquo;s &ldquo;dark money network,&rdquo; forcing &ldquo;taxpayers to foot the bill for activist causes they may disagree with.&rdquo; Walter noted in his opening remarks that the NGOs that sued the Trump&nbsp;administration &ldquo;in its first month&rdquo; received more than $1.6 billion in tax funds under Biden. Gonzalez explained connections between USAID and George Soros&rsquo; Open Society Foundations, noting that Soros has considerably backed &ldquo;efforts to fight traditional Western values.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., in the hearing&rsquo;s opening question, asked the conservative witnesses, &ldquo;What are some of the worst federal grants that the Biden-Harris administration approved?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Neil responded that funding for the &ldquo;immigration industrial complex&rdquo; concerned him most, citing the Heritage Foundation. Heritage <a href=\"https:\/\/static.heritage.org\/2022\/BorderNGOMemo.pdf?_gl=1*1ds0p19*_gcl_au*NzE2MTIyNTIuMTc0ODg5MDMxMw..*_ga*ODAwNTg0NjE4LjE3NDg4OTAzMTQ.*_ga_W14BT6YQ87*czE3NTI2MTI2NTAkbzEzJGcwJHQxNzUyNjEyNjUwJGo2MCRsMCRoMA..\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">determined<\/a> in 2022 that Biden was not just mismanaging the border but also allowing federally funded NGOs to funnel illegal immigrants into every congressional district in the U.S. except one. The study notes that the systematic resettling of illegal immigrants brought with it terrorists, criminals, and deadly drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez pointed to USAID grants that funded regime change and opposition media in Hungary, a NATO ally. The Hungarian government has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hungarianconservative.com\/articles\/current\/usaid-hungary-investigation-legal-consequences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused<\/a> USAID of interfering in their 2022 election via funds given to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionfordemocracy.org\/hungary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Action for Democracy<\/a>, a non-profit which promotes a left-wing agenda in the name of global democracy. Viktor Orban, Hungary&rsquo;s prime minister, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/apr\/03\/viktor-orban-expected-to-win-big-majority-in-hungarian-general-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">re-elected<\/a> for his fourth term in 2022, is an outspoken Christian and conservative. Gonzalez noted that Orban is &ldquo;very pro-U.S.&rdquo; and the &ldquo;left doesn&rsquo;t like him.&rdquo; Orban fully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hungarianconservative.com\/articles\/politics\/usaid-western-mainstream-media-politico-nyt-viktor-orban-hungary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">supports<\/a> President Trump&rsquo;s effort to expose USAID.<\/p>\n<p>Walter referred the congressman to CRC&rsquo;s DOGE Files <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalresearch.org\/the-doge-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">database<\/a>, which aggregates the &ldquo;most egregious examples&rdquo; of government spending. <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalresearch.org\/article\/who-are-miscellaneous-foreign-awardees-and-why-did-usaid-give-them-so-much-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Examples<\/a> in the database include USAID funding for &ldquo;independent media&rdquo; in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/ASST_NON_7200AA21LA00006_7200\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Balkans<\/a>, &ldquo;journalism&rdquo; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/ASST_NON_72011123CA00007_7200\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Armenia<\/a>, combating so-called &ldquo;disinformation&rdquo; in Central<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/ASST_NON_72011523CA00001_7200\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Asia<\/a>, and &ldquo;media development&rdquo; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/ASST_NON_72044224CA00002_7200\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cambodia<\/a>, costing the American people a combined total of $24.7 million.<\/p>\n<p>CRC&rsquo;s database also <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalresearch.org\/article\/more-transgender-specific-grants-to-childrens-hospitals-and-universities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">details<\/a> how the Biden administration &ldquo;set aside or spent&rdquo; more than $1.6 billion &ldquo;since the start of fiscal year 2021 for grants, contracts, direct payments, and loans to programs that use the keyword &lsquo;transgender&rsquo; in their description, name, or other filing information.&rdquo; This amount reveals &ldquo;the ascendant power of DEI in government departments under the Biden administration,&rdquo; according to CRC. The CRC identified $145 million in &ldquo;payments and obligations&rdquo; for transgenderism specifically, most of which funded medical research to study the various psychological and physical maladies plaguing transgender individuals. Some of the money funded programs&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/capitalresearch.org\/article\/more-transgender-specific-grants-to-childrens-hospitals-and-universities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">designed<\/a>&nbsp;to encourage children to &ldquo;explore their gender identity&rdquo;&nbsp;or pair them with a &ldquo;transgender &lsquo;adult mentor.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In her opening statement, ranking member Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, called the hearing a &ldquo;political stunt&rdquo;<strong> <\/strong>and something out of a &ldquo;conspiracy blog.&rdquo; She defended USAID expenditures as Americans exerting &ldquo;soft power&rdquo; to prevent foreigners from being radicalized against the Western world.<\/p>\n<p>Ranking Judiciary Committee member Jamie Raskin, D&ndash;Md., mocked Texas Rep.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/chip-roy-2673132440\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chip Roy<\/a>, saying &ldquo;pointing fingers is for losers&rdquo; in his opening remarks. He suggested none of the witnesses&rsquo; written testimonies alleged a &ldquo;single crime&rdquo; and called&nbsp;the hearing an &ldquo;absurd waste of time.&rdquo;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Within the remainder of his time, Raskin ranted about &ldquo;climate change&rdquo; and gun violence, attacked the immigration-enforcement operations of ICE, and berated the&nbsp;Trump administration over the&nbsp;Epstein&nbsp;files. <\/p>\n<p>Toward the end of the hearing, Committee Chair Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., noted that, while some of it &ldquo;very well may be illegal,&rdquo; the NGO activity discussed is &ldquo;at the very, very least &hellip; disturbing, distasteful, and of concern.&rdquo; He stressed the hearing took place because the American people &ldquo;deserve to know about this disturbing information&rdquo; and where their tax dollars are going.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if there is &ldquo;one reform Congress should pursue to stop the hijacking of federal dollars that is this extreme,&rdquo; Walter and Gonzalez called for &ldquo;greater transparency&rdquo; for where tax dollars go and audits of the programs they go to, respectively. O&rsquo;Neil called on Congress to &ldquo;stop funding groups that also lobby the federal government.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite ongoing Democrat opposition, Trump&rsquo;s administration remains dedicated to eradicating wasteful government spending. The rescissions package that would codify DOGE cuts has already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/scoop-fiscal-hawks-fire-warning-shot-senate-gop-pushing-changes-trumps-9-4b-spending-cuts-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passed<\/a> the House and Senate Republicans have until Friday to revise or pass the bill.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Jacqueline Annis-Levings is a correspondent for the Federalist. 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