--- description: Yoho, a Florida Republican, served in Congress from 2013 to 2021, during which time he was chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Asia Pacific from 2017-2019. He serves as Co-Chair of the Consensus for Development Reform title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ted Yoho ## Ted Yoho Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Yoho, a Florida Republican, served in Congress from 2013 to 2021, during which time he was chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Asia Pacific from 2017-2019\. He serves as Co-Chair of the [Consensus for Development Reform](https://www.developmentreform.org/) ## Ted Yoho Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Feb 13, 2025 ### [I Came to Congress to Gut Foreign Aid. I Was Wrong](https://time.com/7221668/ted-yoho-gutting-usaid-mistake-essay/) Ten years ago, Congressman Ted Yoho came to Washington with a mission to cut foreign spending. Now, ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/ted-yoho/","name":"Ted Yoho"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/ted-yoho/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/ted-yoho/"},"name":"Ted Yoho","jobTitle":null,"description":"Yoho, a Florida Republican, served in Congress from 2013 to 2021, during which time he was chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Asia Pacific from 2017-2019. He serves as Co-Chair of the Consensus for Development Reform","url":"https://time.com/author/ted-yoho/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```