Mr. President, I rise to recognize the contributions made each day by our Nation's 3,068 county governments and the men and women who serve in county government. They are tireless public servants whose daily efforts to ensure that local…

We believe that Joseph Kony remains one of the most serious threats to stability in the central African region.

I hope to hear from our four witnesses today about the implications for the long term of potential reductions in foreign assistance.

Madam President, I rise to mark National Volunteer Week and Delaware Volunteer Week. All week long throughout the Nation and across the great State of Delaware, Americans and Delawareans will be engaged in volunteer service. Volunteer…

I am pleased that recently both Secretary of Defense Gates and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mullen have expressed their strong support for increased resources for the State Department.

I believe MCC's actions have helped prompt a level of dialogue about human rights for LGBT populations.

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, infectious disease, and food production.

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.