We see, I think this committee sees, corruption as being one of the most poisonous things that undermines democracies.
We see the effort to get a ceasefire and the release of hostages as the best, most effective way forward.
We have impressed upon Israel time and again the imperative of really bringing a determined focus to this.
Because of the actions we have taken the United States is stronger economically, diplomatically, and militarily than we were 3 years ago.
In the Middle East, we're standing with Israel in its efforts to ensure what happened on October 7th never happens again.
There is no question that countries around the world prefer to work with us.
We need to keep up this momentum. That requires a State Department budget that we fully resource.
We are the lead provider of emergency food assistance to people around the world.
We see the extraordinary positive potential in Africa, not just the challenges of the moment.
I applaud you for what you did with that, for the leadership on that. It has made a big difference.
U.S. leadership is needed to address humanitarian crises elsewhere around the world including in Sudan and Haiti, where millions have been d...
Of course, no more tariffs.
That is an enormous return on our investment and essential for competing with China around the world.
The power of the gangs needs to be ended once and for all.
In an era of renewed great power competition we must present the strongest possible offer.
The need for U.S. global leadership--and cooperation with allies and partners--has never been greater.
We also see this democratic backsliding particularly in the Sahel, and that is where we have had these recent coups.
We are working to do that. Obviously, in the countries that have been on the receiving end of coups, there are some limits that we have to a...
