Samantha Power

I find it really quite thrilling that President Biden's new infrastructure initiative... includes in it a pillar on gender.

Part of what is key is that all our areas of programming filter the programming through the recognition of the unlocking potential that the education of women and girls, the rights of women and girls, have for the rest of society.

I think one of the really important dimensions of the recent--of the supp that passed the House last night is that it promises, potentially, if it passes the Senate $7.5 billion in direct budget support for the Ukrainian Government.

autocracies have grown increasingly brazen on the world stage, claiming that they can get things done for the people with a speed and effectiveness that democracies cannot match.

the fall of Afghanistan has been devastating to women's rights, girls' rights, the economy, the humanitarian welfare of the citizens of the country.

It is just extremely important that women's rights are protected and that women get to enjoy the right to voluntary family planning.

There is not one aspect of USAID's programming that is not now touched by climate change.

I think you see that this is America putting a man on the moon again and people are experiencing American science, American innovation, and American generosity firsthand.

The fact that in Ethiopia there are warehouses upon warehouses filled with food where the only thing standing in the way of feeding starving people and malnourished children is a denial of access by government forces. That cannot stand.

We are spending that money now in Ukraine in order to meet humanitarian needs.

Putin would like nothing more than the government of Ukraine to go bankrupt and not be able actually to cater to the needs of the people.

Russia's full force is obviously out in Northern Ukraine and redirecting most of its combat power to the Donbas.