Part of our budget is to make sure that that program starting in Africa but now also in our own hemisphere, including in Guatemala, is appropriately resourced.

If we are to sustain our democracy it is important that we take action and continue to maintain what we have created.

The government has a critical role in leveling the playing field.

The government has a critical role in leveling the playing field.

If we are to sustain our democracy it is important that we take action and continue to maintain what we have created.

It is long past time for us to be more engaged, effective, and purposeful in meeting this moment.

It is long past time for us to be more engaged, effective, and purposeful in meeting this moment.

I am as concerned about Forces in Somalia and Northeastern Kenya, as I am about Forces in Iraq and Syria.

I enacted the Global Fragility Act (GFA) 4 years ago with 26 bipartisan cosponsors in order to prevent violence and promote stability.

I co-led a letter with Senator Barrasso to continue, frankly, to complete what has been, I think, an important acquisition process that helps support national security and ensure interoperability.

I enacted the Global Fragility Act (GFA) 4 years ago with 26 bipartisan cosponsors in order to prevent violence and promote stability.

Please continue to support it robustly. And I will continue to advocate for that.

I am as concerned about Forces in Somalia and Northeastern Kenya, as I am about Forces in Iraq and Syria.

I am a huge fan of the State Partnership Program.

I am a huge fan of the State Partnership Program.

Please continue to support it robustly. And I will continue to advocate for that.

I co-led a letter with Senator Barrasso to continue, frankly, to complete what has been, I think, an important acquisition process that helps support national security and ensure interoperability.

I worked for years, in a bipartisan way, on combating wildlife trafficking, in no small part because that is often an entryway to then much larger corruption.

One of our main messages is the rule of law does not work if it is just one sided.

If we were to successfully earn the reputation for being champions of rule of law and anti-corruption in the region, I think it would be a significant competitive advantage for us.

If we were to successfully earn the reputation for being champions of rule of law and anti-corruption in the region, I think it would be a significant competitive advantage for us.

Combatting corruption is critical. It is also strategically important in the sub-Saharan region.

I want to congratulate you, Chairman Cardin, on seeing the Combatting Global Corruption Act become law.

Combatting corruption is critical. It is also strategically important in the sub-Saharan region.

I want to congratulate you, Chairman Cardin, on seeing the Combatting Global Corruption Act become law.