'I'm alarmed': Bill Gates op-ed warns GOP risking lives -- and national security [View all]

Source: Raw Story

July 14, 2025 7:46PM ET


Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates took the Senate to task on Monday afternoon in a Wall Street Journal op-ed as the lawmakers eye cuts to what he called "almost every single effective lifesaving aid program."

The Senate is poised to mull over a rescission bill that aims to do away with more than $8 billion in foreign aid, including nearly $1 billion in direct aid for global health programs. That's in addition to the billions in aid already canceled.

"I’m alarmed at how a bid to eliminate inefficiencies in the U.S. budget—an important task—has put us on the verge of cutting funds for almost every single effective lifesaving aid program and, with it, our country’s proud history of helping others less fortunate than ourselves," Gates warned.

He pleaded with GOP leaders to "understand what this spending is" — and what it is not — before deciding to slash the money for global health programs. They should also learn "all the U.S. has gained from it," he added. Gates shared three facts about health aid that have been lost in the discussion.

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