Sweet: Powerful GOP House Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Says She Will Withhold U.N. Funding…
Excellent start, now it’s time to boot the U.N. off American soil and sever all ties (I know, that’s a pipe-dream with Dear Leader running the show).
(Washington Times)- The new Republican majority in the House is poised to revive some old battles over the U.S. government’s financial contribution to the United Nations, vowing once again to use the power of America’s purse to force what it calls needed reforms at the world body.
New House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen told The Washington Times that she plans to use the threat to withhold U.S. dues payments to force U.N. officials to cut costs and clean up the organization’s image, a sharp break from the approach and political rhetoric used when Democrats ran the House.
“The majority of our members are on board to reform the corrupt and mismanaged U.N. and get a much better return for our dollars,” the Florida Republican said in an interview. “Cutting the budget is not enough, because you need to reform the monster, you need to reform the beast, and if you don’t get fundamental reform, you are still rewarding a corrupt, mismanaged agency.”
Before the Obama administration came to power, the issue of U.S. “arrears” to the U.N. was a long-running battle on Capitol Hill and a diplomatic sore spot for the State Department, which argued the U.S. failure to pay its dues undercut other foreign-policy goals.
One early sign of Mrs. Ros-Lehtinen’s seriousness: The first scheduled hearing of her committee was titled “The United Nations: Urgent Problems That Need Congressional Action.” Originally set for Jan. 12, the hearing was postponed last week after the shootings in Tucson, Ariz., and now is slated for Jan. 25.
The Florida lawmaker said she plans to introduce legislation next month to strengthen oversight and reform of U.N. agencies, including the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the U.N. Development Program (UNDP), while cutting funding for the Human Rights Council, which critics say has exhibited an anti-Israel bias and includes countries that violate the rights they vow to protect.
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Zip, I’m sure you meant ” boot the U.
S.N. off American “I’m from Missouri ……… show me!
Too many of these reps talk good game. I’ll believe it when I see it.
I LOVE it!
Defund and disembark…….all UN miscreants please pack your fucking bags and
GET
OUT!!!!!!!
Dont forget any of the idiotic shit related to the biggest hoax in human history:global warming.
I don’t want them to “strengthen oversight and reform of U.N”.
I want them to get us the Hell out!
This is a good start.
Now keep going by withholding all funds for NPR, PBS, Obamacare and the EPA.
To start.
Kudos to Ros-Lehtinen.
Zip made what is a common liberal/Islamic Freudian slip–”boot the US off American soil”.
I’ve loved the gal forever- she’s a fighter, her husband a patriot too, her step-son was serving in this WOT as well…I don’t always agree with all her votes, but when it comes to protection of this country she is one of the best…this is great news indeed.
Hope when these votes come up everyone calls their congress-critters with our vocal support beforehand.
We need the UN for exactly what?
Exactly nothing.
An unregulated international bureaucracy.
Starve the Beast indeed!
Defund and evict them from our shores!!
It’s become an unnecessary expenditure.
We no longer need the United Nations. We now have Democrats to act against the interests of the United States.
.
ROI?
WTF?
STARVE THE BEAST!
Thy UN pretty much serves the interests of islam. Let saudi arabia pay the dues
How about she just makes them pay all of the outstanding parking tickets in the city of Not so New York!? Budget gap closed.
Then kick their a$$e$ out of the US and implode the building they occupy. And melt down the gun statue out front and make AR’s out of it.
Start by reducing the voting power of the islamic bloc and third-world dictators. They must not be allowed to hijack the UN anymore.
Things are looking better! I’m still very worried about our country, there’s a long ways to go, but this is a great start! Think I’ll pop open a brew and celebrate.
How much am I bid for the U.N. Building? It’s on a prime piece of New York real estate. It would be a great site for a mosque. Do I have an opening bid?
Are you guys the ones who shoot up meetings?
Awesome!
Every time I think about the Useless Nations, I think about all of the people that Kofi Anan let get hacked to pieces in Rwanda. It was on his watch and he should be in prison right now.
Yes indeed…..U.N. GET THE FUCK OUT!!!!
An auditorium full of genocidal,mass-murdering,crab-infested dirtbags,most of whom have never discovered the wonders of bathing.It is an outrage to have this trash on American soil,accusing us of human rights violations for daring to suggest we should protect our borders.
GFunk says:
“Are you guys the ones who shoot up meetings?”
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What a stupid ass statement. But you belong to the ones that kill poor defenseless unborn babies.
Did you know the floods in brazil are related to climate change?
I mean goracle said so as he rides his SUV which he derides as the cause of gorebullshit warming.
Anyone who believes gore is a mindless dupe.
It’s a start, progress in millimeters, not miles. Want some real change? Get the UN OUT of the US.
Let them go to Londonistan.
Kick them out, make the smug arrogant bastards pay NYC all the millions in disregarded parking tickets for their “diplomatic immunity”, auction off the building. Maybe Trump could do something useful with the property.
Otherwise, the UN is useless. Since they hate the US so much, we won’t miss ‘em.
Hell yeah! De-fund the defunct UN and send them packing.
That UN building in NYC is good real estate. NY’ers sure could use it.
Additionally, they’ll have less traffic problems since all the diplomats and foreign dignitaries will honor some other city with their miserable presence.
Thank you Rep Ros-lehtinen.
Take the evil entity out of our country for good.
Sever all funding.
Useless, useless, nations..
>>>”We now have Democrats to act against the interests of the United States.”
one domino at a time….
Getting the U.N. out of the country would be a good first step in eliminating
all this One World Government crap. We need to remake our military for
the coming Islamic onslaught, and once again become fortress America.
Well call Me John Birch I’m in!! Times are Over due Section8 UN needs to go
Oh they can take the red bus and it occupants with them too!