Samantha Power

It's a $38 billion budget, 60 percent of the budget goes to humanitarian emergencies, literally to provide shelter, food and medicine to keep people alive.

This is devastating, and it is ceding the field as well to the people's Republic of China, to the Russian Federation and other malign actors who would like nothing more than to see the US' ground game in American foreign policy -- the face…

This is no way to treat public servants, and it is no way to advance America's interests.

We have no evidence that USAID has funded gain of function research, and we certainly have not authorized gain of function research.

USAID has not authorized gain of function research.

In Ukraine, for example, USAID has helped farmers withstand Putin's attempts to destroy the agricultural sector.

Fundamentally, there has to be a political agreement. We are not going to humanitarian aid our way out of this humanitarian crisis.

We have no evidence that USAID has funded gain of function research, and we certainly have not authorized gain of function research.

Under President Biden's leadership and in partnership with this Committee, we are building on that remarkable legacy.

For a certain period of time. But I mean, there are 20,000 metric tons of flour sitting in Ashdod Port right now...

We cannot abandon freedom, and we cannot leave Ukraine to be the victim of aggression at a time like this.