
I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk called the roll.
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I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk called the roll.

I just think there are opportunities here to leverage private sector partnership with the public sector, over the long term.

I frankly think it could stand to have more robust funding and, frankly, to have a dedicated line.

I hope that we are not underfunding democracy and governance efforts by state and AID.

I share your concern that the Development Assistance Account is under significant pressure.

I would hate to see us miss this opportunity when there are so many other things going on around the world.

Thank you so much for your tireless engagement and focus on the challenges that we face around the world.

I stand with many of my colleagues in ensuring that we provide you the resources you need in order to carry forward on any agreement delivered, and that that ultimate agreement prevent any pathway, whether through uranium or plutonium, to…

I value your tireless leadership, your personal commitment to making sure that USAID is transparent, is responsive to congress, and spends taxpayer money as responsibly as possible.

I think it affects our reputation in the U.N. and globally when we support a peacekeeping mission, but then don't meet our commitments.

I share and support the chairman's concerns about doing everything we can to secure Alan's release.

I urge you to continue to consult closely with Congress as you continue to make good on the prospect of peace around Iran's illicit nuclear weapons program.

I think living wills or health care directives--I have one for myself.

We have to find a way to come together in a bipartisan fashion to give all Americans the opportunity to get ahead.

One of the things that Senator Grassley and I are working on is an effort to make sure that that directive, my wishes, actually goes with me to where I am receiving the health care.

We have to continue to bend the cost curve, make sure that we get better health care results for the same amount of money or less money.

The Affordable Care Act is not the answer, the be-all in terms of actually getting there.

What we do need to do--and this budget does it to some extent--is provide funding for what I call force multipliers.