USAID Funded Pet Apps, Fashion Companies, Designer Furniture, Sen. Ernst Reveals

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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.

โ€œUSAID was wasting tax dollars like it was going out of style,โ€ 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. โ€œRogue agencies like USAID should not be allowed to cloak themselves in secrecy from public scrutiny.โ€

โ€œThe 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,โ€ she added.

Ernstโ€™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: the Competitive Economy Project and the Investment for Business Resilience program.

The Competitive Economy Project sent $300,000 to support Animal ID, a pet tracking app using digital QR codes that aims to provide the app in the U.S. market, and $300,000 to a dog collar manufacturer.

The project also awarded $150,000 to a modern womenโ€™s attire company; $128,000 to a trade mission for a fashion design house; $126,000 to a photographer for fashion design publications; $161,000 to a purveyor of contemporary knitwear (helping her find new customers overseas); $84,000 to a luxury bridal brand; and $84,000 to a marketplace for designer artisanal pieces inspired by folk crafts.

The project awarded $94,000 to a trade mission for a condiment manufacturer; $255,000 to a producer of organic tea and coffee; $148,000 to a pickle maker; $89,000 to a Ukrainian vineyard; and $104,000 to an artisanal fruit tea company.

By Tyler O’Neil

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