we are asking you for 4.5 percent pay raise in this budget request

Delaying the supplemental sends a terrible signal to our allies and partners.

This is about the rules-based international order.

Chair Murray, I am not tracking this discrete issue. I will pay close attention to it, and then report to you.

Chair Murray, we continue to believe that the resources and the legislative changes that were contained in the Bipartisan Legislation are greatly needed by our Department and would really advance our mission.

in 2023 we asked you for a 4.6 percent pay raise, and you supported us on that.

We want to see, at the end of the day, a Ukraine that is a democratic, independent, and sovereign state.

the price of U.S. leadership is real, but it is far lower than the price of U.S. abdication.

if we don't fund State and others to the right level, then we are going to need more bullets because they do great and important work to move things towards greater stability and security in all regions of the world.

passing this supplemental is absolutely critical, and our request is that we pass it as quickly as possible.

The world of chaos and conquest that Putin seeks--one in which autocrats think they can rewrite borders by force--would leave the United States far less secure.

I do believe that Hamas has to be defeated, yes.

I support the President's----

Our commitment to Israel's security is ironclad.

we are in a global struggle between democracy and autocracy, and our security relies on American strength of purpose.

we are asking you for 4.5 percent pay raise in this budget request.

We owe it to the members of the community to ensure that we do in fact do this.

the threat that we face today was clearly not a threat that we were facing 10 years ago, and it won't be the same 10 years from now.