Let us come together for the sense of our strategic competition with the PRC and the fairness to our career ambassadors.

Had Europe listened to the Trump administration on the need to increase its defense spending... Europe would have been in a much stronger position.

I will make it clear, as chairman of this committee I am willing to sit down with any member to try to find that common path.

We are going to convene the subcommittee today to discuss the fiscal year 2025 budget request for the Middle East and North Africa.

The Gaza ceasefire will be the break point where we can do something really important in both directions.

My impression is that since the chairman's hold has been in place the Egyptian government has really failed to engage in any meaningful cooperation with the United States.

I worry that that greatly misunderstands the risk tolerance of our Arab friends.

The Gaza ceasefire will be the break point where we can do something really important in both directions.

My impression is that since the chairman's hold has been in place the Egyptian government has really failed to engage in any meaningful cooperation with the United States.

We cannot spend money effectively in Gaza if we do not have a governance structure that keeps Israel safe and understands political realities on the ground in Gaza.

But you cannot fill in. USAID cannot fill in for the gap that has been created.

We are going to convene the subcommittee today to discuss the fiscal year 2025 budget request for the Middle East and North Africa.

We will not only further empower the people of the Middle East and North Africa to forge a more promising and prosperous future, but also ensure security for America and its allies.

I worry that that greatly misunderstands the risk tolerance of our Arab friends.

We will not only further empower the people of the Middle East and North Africa to forge a more promising and prosperous future, but also ensure security for America and its allies.

We cannot spend money effectively in Gaza if we do not have a governance structure that keeps Israel safe and understands political realities on the ground in Gaza.

But you cannot fill in. USAID cannot fill in for the gap that has been created.

But we know what the agenda is. We know that the agenda of Republicans in the Senate and Congress is to pass a national abortion ban.

In Connecticut we often hear from our physicians that we should not labor under the belief that there are safe states.

But we know what the agenda is. We know that the agenda of Republicans in the Senate and Congress is to pass a national abortion ban.

In Connecticut we often hear from our physicians that we should not labor under the belief that there are safe states.

Thank you for your continued willingness to be in an open dialogue with the Senate.

A credible pathway to a Palestinian state is very different than a Palestinian state.

Thank you for your continued willingness to be in an open dialogue with the Senate.

I think it is profoundly in Saudi Arabia's interests to fulfill the commitments that they would make in the context of these agreements.