Clinical holds can be an important and appropriate tool for the Agency to utilize when a potential concern with an application has surfaced.

How anyone could be shocked that the Taliban resumed its extraordinary harsh measures against children, and against girls and women, is beyond me.

Recent years have truly been historic for Israel's relationships with regional Arab neighbors.

The lack of face-to-face meetings may be negatively affecting the FDA's ability to keep pace and retain its scientific and regulatory stature as the gold standard.

There should be criminal penalties, in my view, for knowingly trying to take advantage of veterans, committing fraud against the VA or the veterans.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

We are going to be, shortly, reintroducing that bipartisan bill. It proposes critical reforms to increase the effectiveness and impact of USAID's maternal and child survival programs.

There should be criminal penalties, in my view, for knowingly trying to take advantage of veterans, committing fraud against the VA or the veterans.

Do you believe the GUARD VA Act is an important tool? Do you support the bill or do you have suggestions as to how we might improve it?

Clinical holds can be an important and appropriate tool for the Agency to utilize when a potential concern with an application has surfaced, but they are not a substitute for timely, constructive, and clear communication to sponsors.

The Department is proposing to retire three times as many aircraft as it plans to buy this year.

Advancing Middle East peace, regional integration, and normalization between Israel and its neighbors is a priority of this Administration and this agency.

I do want to welcome Administrator Power. I know that the subcommittee looks forward to hearing your testimony on USAID's fiscal year 2024 budget request.

The mission-capable rate for the F-35 in February was just 53 percent.

It appears that this was going on for many months without the Airman, allegedly, being caught.

My concern is this: is that money really going to get to women and children?

In the last 2 years the budget requests greatly underestimated fuel costs on the very day the budget was released.

We in Congress often hear complaints and concerns about how long it takes to develop new capabilities.