Chris Coons

I think access to clean water and sanitation is one of those sort of foundational concerns like access to electricity.

I very much look forward to your confirmation and to continuing to work with you in what I hope will be your new role in leadership of USAID.

Thank you, Chairman Vitter and Ranking Member Shaheen, for convening this important hearing into a valuable program.

I have seen tragically firsthand in my hometown of Wilmington what a dramatic spike in gun violence can do to disrupt a town and a community to wreak destruction and pain and loss on families and whole neighborhoods.

Let me, just in closing, thank you for the very good work that your team has been doing in partnership with the Wilmington Police Department.

Can you explain in a little more detail why these new ATF agents and new FBI personnel, these new examiners and investigators, are really necessary and how they can help reduce gun violence not just in my hometown but in rural areas and in…

I was encouraged in your testimony earlier that you want to focus on the smart and effective enforcement of our existing gun laws.

I thank my colleague from Florida. I would invite my colleague from New Jersey, who also joined us in the Middle East and is on the homeland security committee, to offer his comments on how the Iran deal actually contributes to regional…

Our President Barack Obama has spoken of African solutions to African problems.

There needs to be accountability for those who have been fomenting violence.

Members of this Congress are committed to not letting such a stain on humanity happen again.

I share the concerns expressed by many colleagues about the active enforcement of the JCPOA and ongoing work to enforce U.N. Security Council resolutions.

I continue as an appropriator to advocate for funding peacekeeping and for dealing with some of these challenges.

I was very encouraged by the President's leadership in renewing a call to more advanced militaries to deliver not just logistics and intelligence and supplies, but trainers and troops.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just simply wanted to observe that we have a broadly representative and qualified group of folks who were brought here to talk about overregulation and its impact on minority communities.

Well, in my experience in Africa, it is striking that the lines on the map that divide countries were often drawn fairly arbitrarily a century ago by European powers.

I think one that in the places that I have visited allows us to compete directly with China.

I cannot tell you how many African heads of state have lobbied me personally on trying to get into MCC.

I am a huge supporter. I am convinced that it is a different way to do development.

Thank you for offering us the opportunity to submit testimony to the subcommittee. We would also like to thank Senator Coons for his continued leadership in the area of National Lab policy and for engaging our group.

I think this is being pennywise and pound foolish.

I view the ability to travel and participate in scientific conferences as absolutely essential both to the advancement of the careers of research scientists and also the advancement of the work of science.

I strongly feel that we need to strengthen the tech transfer and commercialization function of our national labs.

I think virtually every American coastal State is seeing the impact of climate change faster.

Can we curb carbon emissions without having a negative impact on economic growth?