"I share the views expressed by several of my colleagues that development is absolutely essential to America's national interests."
"We also need to continue to pursue efficiencies to make sure that funds that are being spent on foreign assistance are spent wisely and well."
"Well, they are a modest investment that I think has seen some real outcomes."
"I commend Secretary Kerry's significant increase and support through the SOC, something we have discussed before and you know I have pressed for."
"I strongly support this legislation and am determined to do whatever I can to contribute to its passage through this committee and its adoption through the whole Senate."
"This is old business that we hopefully will move forward on swiftly."
"Under current practice, immigrants spend a significant amount of their time and resources obtaining basic information about their own cases before appearing in front of an immigration judge."
"DHS has a complicated, difficult, broad-ranging mission, and though it is just one department, it is responsible for a vast array of important goals at the same time."
"this is one of the most complicated areas of law I think one can practice"
"I think that this bill is a vital, an important first step towards moving our country away from our current broken, outdated, and in many ways unequal and unjust system to one that will work, and work..."
"This legislation provides the Department with some additional discretion in deportation cases but with very significant limitations."