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Despite that, this budget undermines effective coordination of U.S. global health security.

We cannot use U.S. taxpayer dollars to support an open ended, poorly conceived mission in a country plagued by extreme gang violence and political instability without some kind of assurances that things are going to be different this time.

This proposed budget does contain a poison pill... in the form of a, quote, 'Green Climate Fund' which proposes to transfer U.S. taxpayer money to China through the United Nations.

I also did not and will never agree to negotiations at the World Health Assembly that would trade away U.S. intellectual property rights.

In Africa, we have had coups in seven countries in the last 3 years.

It appears we are at the start of a new era in global affairs, one marked by growing instability, increasing competition, and fraying economic relationships.

I got to tell you on the ICC you got it exactly right. Your characterization of it being shameful equivalence that they have engaged in yesterday is actually stunning.

These are challenging times for the United States and the world, but our policies across the board are not helping us.

The Administration's policy is fatally flawed. Outreach and accommodation have failed, and the lack of any serious strategy has come home to roost.

We must stop blaming Israel and let Israel remove Hamas from Gaza. That is the only way to move forward.

By rejecting low carbon energy options like natural gas and pushing a green only approach the Administration is doing more to enable China than out compete it.

Congress has asked for a Ukraine strategy, which I suspect will never be delivered.

The budget's biggest focus is on climate change. That focus does not help Ukraine or Israel or help our allies compete against China.

Hope is not a strategy.

I am glad you are paying attention to it. It is the right thing to do.

You have to have that rigorous debate between the security professionals, between the people who are building, and we want to do this right.

Can you give me just a--I do not want a blah, blah, blah, answer.

I respectfully disagree. They have got it, they are in front of this committee.