I think South America offers a tremendous opportunity for us, and it is a place where we should pay more attention in the future than we have in recent past.

I want to thank you for including robust funding for maternal and reproductive health in the Department's budget, including doubling funding for title X family planning to $512 million.

I certainly think there is a lot of interest on the part of the members of this committee in doing that.

The continuity of funding has been really critical for them to be able to develop that program and really help these women turn their lives around and get better.

I was really pleased that the Department's proposed budget includes $2 billion for State opioid response grants.

I think she is courageous and inspiring and they need our help.

Despite the Biden-Harris Administration's prioritization of the repeal of the Global Gag Rule shortly after taking office, I remained concerned by reports over the last 2 years that some implementing partners are still restricting the…

I agree. And one of the things we have got to do is to remind those countries that are looking for investments, the trap that the PRC can create for them as they did for Montenegro.

I actually have legislation that I introduced in 2022 that would authorize the DFC to invest in those kinds of telecommunications projects, because they are so critical.

I think we still need further Government action on that, to make sure that everybody has those out-of-pocket expenses capped.

I think that is really important. I think it is also going to be important that you all release the application for your patient assistance program before its launch.

This program cannot simply be a public relations exercise that provides cover for the company to hike prices on families seeking COVID-19 vaccines.

Are you seeing results?

I thank Senator Crapo for making sure it was a bipartisan effort throughout.

I am arguing that we should fully fund that program at its authorized level.

I share the concerns that both the Chairman and Senator Risch have expressed not only about the SBDCs but about the district offices.

We passed, Senator Portman and I worked on a legislation called the FENTANYL Results Act, to try and give the State Department more resources to work with other countries who might want to help us address fentanyl coming into the United…

This manufacturing monopoly is one of the root causes of the drug shortage, and relying on China for active ingredients is a national security and public health risk.