Overkill — House Committee Votes to Ratify Trump Attacks on International Family Planning
Craig Lasher
Craig monitors and analyzes foreign assistance legislation and advocates in support of international family planning and reproductive health programs to congressional offices, executive branch agencies, international organizations, and nongovernmental organizations. Promoted to his current position in 2009, he joined PAI in 1981 while completing his master’s degree in international affairs at The American University’s School of International Service. He received his undergraduate degree in government from Hamilton College. Craig serves on the board of directors of the U.S. Global Leadership Campaign, a coalition of over 400 businesses and NGOs promoting higher funding for international affairs programs, and on the political advisory committee of the League of Conservation Voters.
Posts from Craig Lasher
Slash and Burn — Trump Budget Request Zeroes-Out International Family Planning
Trump Global Gag Rule Guidance — Everything But the Kitchen Sink
Cut and Paste: No Change for International Family Planning in FY 2017 Omnibus
Phoning It In: State Department Determination Withholds U.S. Contribution to UNFPA
Trump Administration Delivers Its Second Doomed Spending Proposal to Capitol Hill
Trump “Skinny” Budget Prescription for International Affairs Programs’ Starvation
One Down, the Rest to Go: Global Gag Rule Reimposed on Family Planning
On the Hook: U.S. NGOs Responsible for Enforcing Trump’s Global Gag Rule
With a Stroke of the Pen — Trump’s Global Gag Rule Dramatically Expands Harmful Health Impacts
Postponing the Inevitable Showdown — Congress Turns and Runs with CR Passage
Tick Tock – The Perennial Countdown to Fund the Federal Government
