The U.S. Agency for International Development funded a pet tracking app, fashion companies, specialty food companies, and firms making designer furniture, according to records reviewed by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa.
“USAID was wasting tax dollars like it was going out of style,” Ernst, who chairs the Senate DOGE Caucus focused on rooting out waste and abuse from the federal government, told The Daily Signal in a statement Tuesday. “Rogue agencies like USAID should not be allowed to cloak themselves in secrecy from public scrutiny.”
“The fact that I uncovered millions for custom carpet manufacturers and pet tracking apps is exactly why we need a full accounting of every cent spent,” she added.
Ernst’s office provided The Daily Signal a copy of the grants her office discovered. Her staff found grants flowing to Ukrainian companies through two USAID programs:…
