I want to thank you, Mr. Ambassador and Assistant Secretary Brownfield, for your testimony.

This is a time when we must advocate our values and do more to defend the defenseless.

The kidnapping of the schoolgirls in Nigeria is the latest and most glaring example of the nexus between lawlessness, terrorism, and human trafficking.

As you know, and Madam Chair and I have talked about this, in Nigeria the government has not responded.

I have enormous respect, as you can see, for both Assistant Secretary Brownfield and Ambassador CdeBaca, but neither of you have addressed what you are going to do, what are you doing with regard to this--there aren't even words to express…

I think it is going to be more important for us than ever before to coordinate and emphasize what the government money is doing.

It is so important for you to share with us your successes. Because there are too many people who have been our friends, who have been our advocates, that will tell me, well, what can you really do?

Because my mantra has been coordination, coordination, coordination.

Sometimes I wonder what can we really do?

I am also concerned about the continued reports of violence and abuses perpetrated by police and military units under the pretense of counternarcotics tactics in many Latin American countries.

I hope you will begin your testimonies by updating the subcommittee on what we are doing to assist the Nigerian government to find and free these girls.

Cutting the funding in half does not seem like an appropriate response.

You are cutting education, so that is not a priority, but it is my priority.

But you notice, when I said, what have you accomplished since 1996, pretty silent here, other than facilitating, perpetuating--well, I----

I just feel we are facilitating this horror, and I guess it is hard for me to adjust to this.

I have so many other questions, but in the limited time, because the Congressman was kind enough to bring up this issue of Kibera again.

I don't want to give a dime to you or anyone here unless you mow this down and build another housing complex.

It is our responsibility as leaders to bring together other donors.