"The ongoing destruction of cities and the daily atrocities committed by Russian forces against defenseless Ukrainian civilians outrages and offends the sensibilities of all of us."
"Senator Graham and I have both called for at least $5 billion."
"the President's request initially included about $1.8 billion for food aid, which in my view, fell far short of what is urgently needed."
"I look forward to your engagement both on this Ukraine supplemental and on figuring out a path forward on COVID internationally, domestically."
"We have got to move fast. And I think that is critical to stabilize the countries that we are concerned are at risk."
"We need to move swiftly. We need to be flexible in how we deliver this aid."
"I think that whatever we do to ensure effectiveness and efficiencies, the private sector is critical."
"Look forward to the persuasive effort."
"We have got to make sure that $5 billion that we are talking about here is used to also leverage financial institutions."
"We need $200 million to be able to come up to $1.5 billion that we want to be able to help Africa to avoid a looming food crisis."
"I have never been this confident that we can actually reach zero hunger, but it will have to be done via a structural approach, not just only giving food away."
"I urge you in the strongest possible terms to ensure that the full $5 billion is restored to any future supplemental appropriations bill."