This massive crisis, this human tragedy is the result of decisions and the incompetence of this Secretary.

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Building that capacity creates or yields dividends well beyond the initial purpose.

the actual number of taxpayers making more--or less than $400,000, those audits will increase?

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I certainly feel honored to have been able to work with you in the last Congress to achieve the beginning that we have in the State Department and I applaud you for taking us in this direction with USAID.

USAID already has the legal authorities and other tools necessary to pursue a comprehensive localization agenda.

I appreciate the approach that Ambassador Power is taking.

I just want to come back and, again, put a reality check.

Ambassador Power gave a speech at Georgetown talking about the burden on your contracting officers.

I want to contrast that with how the Chinese Communist Party handles their diplomacy, how the CCP handles their foreign assistance and their infrastructure development overseas, and in that regard, it is predatory.

I appreciate the approach that Ambassador Power is taking.

USAID already has the legal authorities and other tools necessary to pursue a comprehensive localization agenda.

I would take us back to the Obama administration, and at that point the Obama administration put forward the USAID Forward program.

Building that capacity creates or yields dividends well beyond the initial purpose.

I applaud Ambassador Power and her setting the goal of 25 percent localization over this Administration.

I just want to come back and, again, put a reality check.

I certainly feel honored to have been able to work with you in the last Congress to achieve the beginning that we have in the State Department and I applaud you for taking us in this direction with USAID.