Jim Kolbe: “I want to respond to what the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Roemer] said about the Republican budget cutting school…”

Yes, there are. And I think actually USAID has undertaken, in these last several years, a lot of those reforms.

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.

This is the moment for the United States and Europe to negotiate the boldest, broadest trade and investment agreement we have ever contemplated since World War II.

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