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WASHINGTON, D.C. – InterAction, the leading alliance of international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and partners in the United States, issued the following statement in response to…

InterAction, the leading alliance of international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and partners in the United States, issued the following statement in response to recent staffing reductions impacting USAID.

"'It’s the evisceration of the sector,' Tom Hart, the president and chief executive officer of InterAction, said."

InterAction CEO Tom Hart sat down with Margaret Brennan to discuss the impact of the pause on foreign assistance.

Tom Hart, the CEO of InterAction, an alliance of 170 NGOs, says many of those groups now face bankruptcy because they cannot access credit or U.S. financing because USAID systems were taken down. About 40% of InterAction's members receive USAID funding. “‘While the policy is in place through Secretary Rubio's order, and even paperwork has been delivered to some of our partner NGOs, they've not been able to get the assistance, the money, to continue operations,’ Hart said. ‘So, we have the policy, we have the paperwork, we just don't have the funding flowing to keep that emergency relief going.’