WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - California Republican Congresswoman Young Kim is speaking out against the president's recent executive order to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global media, or USAGM.  "I would like to encourage the administration to reconsider their actions," Kim said.  Through its out lets, including Radio Free Asia and Voice of America, USAGM reports news to millions across the world in countries lacking press freedom. Kim says it promotes America's national security interests.  "For a long time, our reporting has not been blocked by adversaries like China, Russia, Iran and North Korea," Kim said. "Now, we are by ourselves shutting off the ability to get the information into those oppressed regimes to the people that are dying for the real truth and information." One of the entities under USAGM is Voice of America in DC. The organization's director said in a social media post that almost all of the 1,300 employees have been put on administrative leave.  The president's pick to lead VOA, Kari Lake, called it a "giant rot and burden to the American taxpayer." She said in a video on X that she's going to root out waste and mismanagement at USAGM.  "We're going to make sure we're doing everything we can to cancel contracts that can be canceled, save money, downsize," Lake said.  State Department Spokeswoman Tammy Bruce defended the President's order, describing it as a restructuring. "It doesn't mean burning the house down. It means looking at how we can make it better," Bruce said.  USAGM advocates say the move emboldens America's adversaries.  "China and Russia, our enemies, are eager to have Voice of America go," George Washington University Professor of Media and Public Affairs Janet Steele said.  Steele says since VOA is congressionally funded, lawmakers could take action to support the agency.  "Congress could step up. But I don't know if they will," Steele said.  Kim says the next step is congressional hearings. She said she'd like to see the agency reformed but not eliminated. ...read more read less