This is a region--more people have died in terrorist attacks in West Africa in the last 5 years than the rest of the world combined...

I think we need to stay on this and press both how the intelligence failure happened in Niger...

Humanitarian aid isn't getting into Gaza fast enough.

I am very disappointed at how this and previous Administration have chosen to prioritize regions and countries that I do not think fit the framing of that law.

There is something like $500 million in assistance to Niger that is now hanging in the balance.

This is a region--more people have died in terrorist attacks in West Africa in the last 5 years than the rest of the world combined...

I would welcome a classified briefing at some point, Mr. Chairman, on the intersection between DoD, USAID, and State.

I think we need to stay on this and press both how the intelligence failure happened in Niger...

I hope that we will work together to strengthen your voice in the interagency, to priority security assistance for coastal West Africa.

When terrorists don’t pay a price for their terror, when dictators don’t pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos and death.

History has taught us that when terrorists don't pay a price for their terror. When dictators don't pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos and death and more destruction.

The Biden administration is pressing Israel to delay a possible full-scale ground operation in Gaza.

We made mistakes after 9/11. We felt that all-consuming rage that you feel now. But, don't give into that primal feeling, because we made mistakes. Don't make the same.

The President also staying very close with his national security team.

We can't let petty partisan angry politics get in the way of our responsibility as a great nation.

his administration had been working hard to get the hostages out of Gaza.

I'm talking to the Israelis.

We must, without equivocation, denounce antisemitism. We must also, without equivocation, denounce Islamophobia.