12/16/2013
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"I was one of a number of Senators on Appropriations who pressed for additional money for emergency funds to address famine conditions."
"I am concerned about the impact on morale of these proposed cuts."
"The growing threat we have seen, the attack on our democracy by Russia, the destabilizing acts of North Korea, the nuclear program, and the world's worst humanitarian and refugee crisis since the Seco..."
"It is my hope and expectation, Mr. Secretary, that we will work on a bipartisan basis to confirm qualified candidates who come forward."