Jim Kolbe: “It's obvious that enforcement only isn't going to work.”

It has been a vocal advocate for elevating development as a national security pillar equal to that of defense and diplomacy.

I would like to commend the Chairman and Ranking Member for convening this hearing and for keeping the Committee focused on the importance of U.S. global leadership, effective partnership, and good development practices.

If you fold it into the State Department completely, what you are doing is you are subjecting it to the political considerations.

I want to commend both the chairman and the ranking member and this committee for keeping the committee focused on the importance of U.S. global leadership, effective partnership, and good development practices.