It’s important that the Trump administration continues to “follow the money” when it comes to stopping excess spending through the U.S. Agency for International Development, even with a judge blocking firings temporarily, Rep. Ryan Zinke, a former secretary of the interior, told Newsmax Sunday. 

“When I came in as secretary of interior, I did largely the same,” the Montana Republican said on Newsmax’s “Sunday Report.” “I shut the grants down until I knew where the grants were going. Did they agree to an audit? Was the grant behind? Was it behind some sort of congressional intent?”

USAID has been targeted as part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s spending crackdown, and Zinke said that there should be “no debate” about accountability and making sure a government agency’s spending is transparent. 

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