This is why it is vital to provide robust funding for trade capacity building assistance to implement the landmark African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). ... The Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) partners with the world’s poorest countries
Prioritize funding for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
Occurrences
Evidence
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Jackson submitted testimony supporting robust funding for accounts that reduce global poverty and urged colleagues to prioritize fully funding U.S. foreign aid. He specifically highlighted MCC, describing its poverty-reduction, infrastructure, reform, stability, and U.S.-interest benefits.
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The House Committee Repository lists Jonathan L. Jackson as a witness for the March 25, 2026 Member Day hearing and shows his witness statement was added on March 24, 2026.
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The enacted FY2024 appropriations law provided $930,000,000 for the Millennium Challenge Corporation, while also rescinding $475,000,000 in prior-year unobligated MCC balances.
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On final House passage of the FY2024 appropriations vehicle that became Public Law 118-47, the motion passed 286-134. The roll call lists Jackson (IL), Democrat, Illinois, voting Nay.
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MCC reports total appropriations/request levels of $930.0 million enacted for FY2025, $830.0 million enacted for FY2026, and a $609.0 million FY2027 request, with a $661.3 million FY2026 rescission/cancellation of prior-year balances.
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The House biographical record states Jackson was elected to the 118th and 119th Congresses beginning January 3, 2023, and lists his committee assignments on Agriculture and Foreign Affairs.
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Jackson testified to the House Appropriations subcommittee in support of robust foreign aid funding, urged colleagues to prioritize fully funding U.S. foreign aid and assistance programs, and specifically highlighted the Millennium Challenge Corporation as a program whose infrastructure and reform investments reduce poverty while furthering American interests.
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The official House roll call shows H.R. 8595 passed on July 15, 2026 by 217-209. It lists Jackson (IL), Democrat, Illinois, voting Nay on final passage of the FY2027 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act.
Assessments
Because the promise is rhetoric-only and framed as prioritizing funding rather than securing a specific appropriation level, Jackson's formal 2026 testimony to the relevant House Appropriations subcommittee urging robust foreign aid funding and specifically highlighting the Millennium Challenge Corporation is enough to count as delivered. His Nay votes on broad appropriations vehicles weaken evidence of prioritization through final passage votes, but they do not negate the direct MCC-focused advocacy because those bills covered many unrelated accounts. The clearest candidate-attributable delivery occurred in the 119th Congress, after his initial term, so timing is later_term.
Jackson’s clearest candidate-attributable action was formal FY2027 appropriations testimony on March 25, 2026 urging robust foreign aid funding and specifically identifying the Millennium Challenge Corporation as a priority program. Because the promise was rhetoric-only and framed as prioritizing funding rather than guaranteeing a specific enacted dollar increase, that advocacy is enough to count as delivered. Enacted MCC funding continued during his service, though later budget data shows declines and rescissions, so the delivery rests on his prioritization effort rather than a clearly expanded appropriation. The strongest delivery evidence occurred in his 119th Congress service, after his initial term, so timing is later_term.