I will defer to Senator Graham.

Thank you for your persistent engagement on critical issues that matter to all of us.

Thank you for your leadership. Thank you for two hours of high energy, and engaging testimony.

The proposed bipartisan bill, introduced by Senator Coons and Senator Graham, offers all three.

I am encouraged by the fiscal year 2024 budget request for your Agency, and the rest of the State and Foreign Operations budget, as the challenges of our time demand bold investments.

If we are going to achieve our national security objective, it is critical to ensure our diplomatic corps is putting the right people with the right tools, and the right resources, and training in the right places to carry out their work.

We have to continue the work of leading a global coalition that holds Russia accountable for its cruel and unjust invasion of Ukraine.

I couldn't agree with you more. That the core challenges today, the vast majority of the population looks at a chicken, and says: I see value, I can sell eggs, I can eat the chicken, I can sell the chicken.

I was pleased that we could honor her tremendous impact on U.S. diplomacy and national security

I couldn't agree more with your three central points.

Vladimir Putin continues his barbaric assault on Ukraine.

The more we are engaged in the world now, the better we can address and prevent these challenges before they reach our door.

I think most importantly you make a compelling case for the urgent national security-based need to invest more robustly in our diplomacy and development.

I couldn't agree more that that is one of the core arguments for robustly resourcing the State Department and the USAID, is to make sure we are meeting this moment.

I look forward to staying in touch with you about that, because anyone who has supervised a large portfolio project knows there is always a tail, there is always a few that go sideways.

The consequences of that I think would be grave.

Let me ask one brief follow-up question, then I am going to defer to my Ranking Member.

the importance of long-term funding; the importance of clear metrics and accountability that have conservation and biodiversity goals, as well as economic, improvement, and stability goals.

The proposed bipartisan bill, introduced by Senator Coons and Senator Graham, offers all three.

I would appreciate your keeping up with me on that development.

I think this has been President Biden's best chapter, in a very long career public service.

I believe there is much more good news about our partnership, and its potential, in terms of border crossings and security.

We are constantly seeing new, alarming examples of how the climate crisis poses an immense threat to global security, and to our own national security.

It sets a goal of the Ending Preventable Maternal and Child Deaths through such affordable and simple practices as nutritional supplements, clean birthing practices, and vaccines.

Thank you. Thank you, all. I look forward to our ongoing partnership in this.