Ed Royce: “Frankly, if we moved all our aid through Syrian American groups, to me, that would be the ideal solution.”

Clearly there is strong bipartisan support for well-resourced, broad engagement in Africa.

I would like to thank Mr. Engel of New York for his friendship for over 20 years on the committee, but also for his shared leadership over the last 6 years on this committee. I would also like to thank him for his commitment over the years…

I would like to caution against making a bad situation worse.

But I will ask both of you, we have got to engage with countries across Africa even the most challenging countries.