I would just remind the committee of the discussions on the omnibus appropriations bill.
I thank you, because we do share the same responsibility of this committee to oversee the State Department's handling of...
I would agree with the chairman.
In certain respects, we are hamstringing the State Department by our failure to pass an authorization bill.
The United Nations reform issues, it is controversial, I will admit that, but we need to deal with these issues.
The American people understand that the modest investment we make, less than 1 percent of the budget, is very important ...
There are many areas where Congress needs to act.
This is not something that we created, that the President created.
It is important to our national security, as our military has suggested.
I do not know how we transition to a sustainable support for your mission when we are using OCO funds that will not be t...
The bottom line is, we need to pass an authorization bill.
I want to know what you are doing to make sure that we carry out our commitment to have the face of America representati...
I agree with Senator Corker in that, as I travel and meet people who are in Foreign Service, they are incredible, and th...
So you all are coming back to security as the next major hurdle, if we are going to be able to get the type of buy-in ne...
In the meantime, there are people hurting. The humanitarian needs are dramatic.
I understand the security issues have to be resolved. But is that a leverage factor for the United States?
We cannot wait and allow people to be at risk the way they are.
So the representatives of the two factions cannot really speak for the population?
