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

I will be interested to have you keep me and others on the subcommittee up to date about that work in terms of the syndication.

If what we hear in country after country is: we welcome U.S. investment, we welcome U.S. companies, we want help transforming our economy.

This was a good and constructive hearing.

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.

we cannot be a player on the world stage and keep our country safe and prosperous if we put ourselves on the sidelines.

But if we fail to invest in the State Department and the powerful diplomatic tools we have...

If we are going to stay competitive we have to continue making smart investments that make our allies and our partnerships stronger.

We must increase our investments in our diplomatic and development tools if we want to strengthen our national security.

Thank you, Administrator Power.

A group of us, led by Senator Graham and me, but four others, introduced the U.S. Foundation for International Conservation Act.

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.