Congress in its oversight capacity is a partner with the Administration, making sure that, as we are authorizing and appropriating funds, that we are giving the full attention to the personnel, the full resources to those folks, and those resources are getting out to those individuals in the most efficient manner.
Bera emphasizes Congress's role in supporting and overseeing State Department operations.
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