'Is She An Energy Expert?': Marjorie Taylor Greene Questions Witness About Stacey Abrams' NGO Work

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At today's House DOGE Committee hearing, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) questioned witnesses about NGOs and Democratic politicians.

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00:00forward to your questions. I now recognize myself for five minutes of questioning. The American

00:05people definitely support nonprofits, but what they don't support is corruption, waste, fraud,

00:12and abuse. In 2024, right as the Biden administration was leaving office, the Democrats

00:18finalized the awards that amounted to $20 billion under its greenhouse gas reduction slush fund

00:24to launder government funding to eight politically aligned nonprofits, several of which were newly

00:31created solely to join in on the massive grift. One of these awardees is Power Forward. Mr. Turner,

00:38you've spent a lot of time diving into leftist green NGOs. Was the NGO Power Forward just created

00:45a couple of years ago? Yes or no? Yes. In fiscal year 2023, did Power Forward report only $100

00:54in revenue on their 990 financial disclosure form? Yes. Was Power Forward slated to receive

01:01$2 billion in federal funding? Yes, that's 20 million times revenue. Is it commonplace for

01:08completely new nonprofits with zero track record to receive a multi-billion dollar grant from the

01:15federal government? There is no private entity that would give an organization 20 million times revenue

01:21after a few months of creation. Only government is stupid enough to do that. That's right. There's no

01:26business in America that could get that loan from a bank. Is Rewiring America part of the same NGO

01:31coalition as Power Forward? Part of the same coalition, yes. Did Rewiring America hire Stacey Abrams?

01:38She's affiliated with the organization. It's unclear in what capacity, but yes. Is she an energy expert? No.

01:45So it's pretty eye-opening that a brand new politically connected group got such a massive

01:51federal grant. Rewiring America hired Stacey Abrams, as far as we know, a twice-failed candidate

01:58for Georgia governor and well-known Democrat activist. Even though she has little to no knowledge of energy

02:05policy, but the leader of Power Forward praised Abrams for playing a pivotal role in securing these

02:12billions. Notably, Abrams' PAC spent over $126 million on Democrat campaigns over the last five

02:20years. This recirculation of taxpayer funds literally is the Democrat's circle of life.

02:27Mr. Krikorian, we witnessed the worst border immigration catastrophe under the Biden administration.

02:34It seems to me that many immigration-oriented NGOs have double-dipped their hands in taxpayer money.

02:40My first question is, how influential were the American taxpayer-funded NGOs at facilitating the

02:47movement of illegal aliens to and through our country's borders?

02:53Extremely influential. Now, some of this would have happened anyway because of the Biden

02:58administration's invitation to mass illegal immigration. But the invitation required some

03:04means of this happening, some means of doing it. And so what it did is the taxpayer money essentially

03:11turned the illegal immigration crisis up to 11. It would have existed otherwise, but it was

03:18significantly magnified by this government funding. By the Biden's administration policies.

03:25Right. You've mentioned that the United Nations pay psychologists to help illegal aliens reverse

03:31asylum denials on appeal. Specifically, tax dollars go to the UN, which directs and pays psychologists

03:38to help illegal aliens unearth repressed memories of torture, persecution, and human rights violation

03:46so that they can legally claim asylum. Is this an intentional effort to subvert our immigration laws

03:54by creating fake narratives for asylum seekers? I can't put myself into someone else's head, but I can't

04:00imagine any other plausible way to describe it. And initially, just to be clear, they use this to get

04:06Mexican asylum, which they use as a kind of trampoline to get to the United States and then present those

04:12repressed memory documents as part of their evidence when they are in removal proceedings as part of

04:19their asylum claims. And do they provide legal help to apply for asylum claims?

04:26That's inside the United States, so that's beyond the scope of my testimony here.

04:31Thank you. Mr. Walter, you've been investigating NGO funding sources for a long time. Do you know of other

04:38examples of former elected or appointed officials in the NGO sector securing significant federal tax dollars

04:44through grants or contracts? Well, we've had mentioned here the $2 billion slush fund.

04:51And of course, the OMB and HUD director, Sean Donovan, has been mixed up in that. And then, of course,

04:57there have been public reports as well about the millions of dollars that the wife of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

05:06has received from NGOs whose legislation he's helped push. Yeah. Thank you. My time has expired,

05:13and thank you all for being here. I now recognize Raking member Stansbury for five minutes of questions.

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