"I believe MCC's actions have helped prompt a level of dialogue about human rights for LGBT populations."
"If fledgling democracies are allowed to fail and undemocratic regimes are allowed to endure unchallenged, then people will lose confidence in democracy and free market economic principles."
"I am grateful to the whole panel for your testimony today, for your participation."
"I think it is a good example of where U.S. influence and leverage played a very positive role."
"In the coming years, African cooperation will be increasingly essential in managing a wide range of global issues such as international terrorism, smuggling, piracy, migration, climate change, infecti..."
"Helping African countries realize their full potential and succeed as economically viable democracies is in our national interest."
"I support and see real value in your work to build capacity to fight corruption across dozens of countries in the world."
"Our dollars do help. They help us enormously promote democracy, improve economic development and prosperity."
"America is the first great nation that became great not by what it took from other nations, but by what it gave to other nations."
"the Pentagon's budget is more than 10 times larger than that proposed for the Department of State."
"I would like to call to order this hearing of the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations."