Madam President, so many cities and towns across America have the story of a segment of highway or a railroad track that cuts ruthlessly through neighborhoods. These neighborhoods may not have been affluent, but they supported vibrant…

We want to make sure that we do not compromise the current tools that we have.

I know that Senator Menendez, the chair of our committee, and Senator Risch, the ranking member, have been concerned about the relationship between DoD and State Department as it relates to the responsibility--this has been in foreign…

Part of that was training, that we felt that we needed to up our game on training.

I am extremely fortunate to have Senator Hagerty as my partner.

My hope is that you will accelerate your localization.

I understand that choice, but it was, in my view, one incident and it has had significant consequences for how our development professionals engage in countries.

The local capacity is there and it is making a huge difference.

You might want to consider spending a little more time in Tennessee just as----

Thank you very much for your testimony.

I want you to elaborate more on the protections to the taxpayers.

Administrator Power indicates she wants that number to be increased to 25 percent over a 4-year period.

Today is the day that the President will be submitting his budget.

I just want to underscore the point that Senator Hagerty made about PEPFAR.

I think that is a key point. We are talking about changing a delivery system and if it just is used as an addition and we do not really integrate it, it loses the reason why we are doing this.

I thank the distinguished gentleman from New York for his excellent leadership on this bill today on the floor. The distinguished gentlewoman from Colorado posed a question that I have been hearing my Republican colleagues utter over the…

I just want to echo the very important point you just made. We have a sequence of trivial amendments that have been added by the majority, and they refuse to consider what I think is the central amendment that this legislation would need…

Mr. President, the joint resolution we are considering tramples on the right of DC citizens to manage their own affairs, plain and simple. In fact, it is so intrusive, it provides a compelling argument for DC statehood. DC statehood is…