House Democrats urge Rubio to lift foreign assistance freeze

House Democrats urged President Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio to lift the foreign assistance freeze mandated by an executive order from earlier this week, cutting off most U.S-funded foreign development projects around the world.  The Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), the ranking…