"It is critical that we meet this moment and provide the full supplemental request presented to Congress by our President."
"$2 billion in this request for support for the Treasury Department to work with the IMF and the World Bank."
"We are providing a significant amount, although our European partners are providing dramatically more."
"If we only send weapons to Ukraine, but we fail to support their government and their economy, they will lose to Putin's aggression nonetheless."
"This is a region--more people have died in terrorist attacks in West Africa in the last 5 years than the rest of the world combined..."
"I think we need to stay on this and press both how the intelligence failure happened in Niger..."
"I am very disappointed at how this and previous Administration have chosen to prioritize regions and countries that I do not think fit the framing of that law."
"I hope that we will work together to strengthen your voice in the interagency, to priority security assistance for coastal West Africa."
"There is something like $500 million in assistance to Niger that is now hanging in the balance."
"I would welcome a classified briefing at some point, Mr. Chairman, on the intersection between DoD, USAID, and State."
"Thank you, Chairman Cardin. Ranking Member Risch, thank you for this hearing."
"One of the core goals of the BUILD Act was to strengthen our ability in development finance to partner and syndicate."