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Well, your, of course, your mandate covers the entirety of the Department and I am going to ask you about another subject that we have actually asked you to investigate.

And you are confident you have those--those links out?

The most significant barrier to ensuring the crucial U.S. assistance reaches the Palestinian people is the Trump administration's decision to indefinitely cut off such aid and end U.S. contributions to UNRWA.

Historically, the U.S. has pledged to provide one-third of the Global Fund replenishment.

I urge you to continue supporting its mission at at least that $4 million level.

I urge you to provide robust funding to the TIP Office so it can improve justice systems and prosecutions of traffickers and sex buyers in partner nations.

I urge you to fund this account at least at $30 million in Fiscal Year 2020.

The fact is that a variety of experiences and perspectives yield better results. That is exactly what diversity brings to the table.

For too long, the promise of the internet age for communities of color has been left unfulfilled.

I do want to urge the committee to acknowledge the seriousness of these challenges.

Simply put, this bill contains programs that directly and indirectly serve every single American.

The bill was budget neutral, and it passed with overwhelming and historic bipartisan support.

What we're going to do is take back our country. 2012 is the time that we're going to send Mr. Obama home to Kenya or wherever it is. We're going to do it.

I think what we have heard is very important, Madam Chairwoman, about the kind of analysis that needs to be done...

There is a punitive intent that is suggested.

Now, the president has actually publicly threatened to cut all assistance to the Northern Triangle essentially as punishment for the ongoing outmigration that we need to figure out how to mitigate.

When we see people fleeing their home countries, women, children, families fleeing violence and corruption, we naturally look to the humanitarian conditions, the economic conditions in their home countries, what is driving the migration.

And I am optimistic that what we are doing will give us a better likelihood that we will achieve the outcomes that will be better for both the people of Israel and the Palestinian people as well.