Because I am hearing a lot of concern from the Kurdish community that they feel that the U.S. has abandoned them after they played such an important role in the fight against ISIS.

Is there a plan for that moment when the sanctions waiver is required to be addressed by the President?

In your view, does Egypt's new NGO law violate the Brown back amendment by giving the Egyptian Government veto power over U.S.-funded democracy programs?

Libya has been a difficult challenge for the United States and our allies since the fall of Muammar al-Qaddafi.

I want to take a moment in my opening to recognize and remember the men who were killed in the attack on our consulate in Libya in 2002.

So if the negotiations are not complete, there's no assurance that the President is going to issue the waiver and that could be the end of the agreement?

The U.N.-appointed Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, plans to amend the 2015 political agreement establishing the current government, hold a national conference, call a referendum on the constitution, and hold elections this year.

It is far easier to topple a government than to rebuild a new one.

It has been a long time since the storms broke, particularly for those people who have been put out of their homes literally.

There's not only a homelessness crisis; there is also an affordability crisis throughout the country for housing.

This includes the elimination of critical infrastructure programs like Choice Neighborhoods, HOME, and the Community Development Block Grant.

Those cuts don't appear to be arbitrary. They pose a real threat to already vulnerable populations.

We've got so many of those cases out there, and we have to do a lot more.

HUD's Office of Disaster Emergency Management has never been fully operationalized.

the fiscal year 2019 budget request before us seems to fall short of these goalposts and these objectives.

If you cut expenditures and revenue simultaneously, you might not solve the problem.

I applaud you for doing that.

The other point is that these disasters are occurring much more frequently.