gains made by the G-5 Sahel Joint Force will not be sustained without comparably strong investments in development and democracy

the Trump administration once again ignored the will of Congress and submitted a budget request nearly identical to the previous year

I just want to make a point about how desperately needed your leadership is to counter the budgetary anemia of the administration as it relates to these programs and the message being sent to the international community on so many issues.

The President of the United States reduces the cap on the United States accepting refugees and does not even hit those cap numbers.

Today is World Refugee Day. The United Nations has released its numbers. They are record numbers. 65 million people are displaced. Over 22 million refugees. Almost 2 million asylum seekers.

We are about 83 percent below where we were just 2 years ago.

If the United States is not in the leadership, the world will not respond.

The process that you have set up makes it extremely challenging for a small company to be able to pursue a product line exemption.

I share Senator Cantwell's concern that we are getting into a trade war.

I do not think anyone could dispute that that looks at these numbers globally and see how much the United States of America, the most capable country of receiving refugees--how many we are taking in.

The problem is that the way this administration is using 232 is unprecedented.

my frustration about the Trump administration and where we are globally today and the just absolute need for U.S. leadership here.

The administration's budget would cut humanitarian assistance.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let me thank both of our nominees for their willingness to serve the public, also thank their families.

the administration proposed cutting the overall foreign assistance budget by 30 percent, even though humanitarian need continues to grow worldwide.

the budget request... significantly under-invests in democracy, and I think that sends a bad message about our values around the world

I join all of us in expressing my condolences to you and I admire your perseverance in behalf of their memory and justice for them.

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