"The United States is not walking away from foreign aid."
"It’s a tragedy, it’s horrifying, and it needs to be dealt with. … We are going to help."
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio had to scramble after the fact—to issue an 'Emergency Waiver' to exempt lifesaving aid from the freeze."
"We need immediate changes to China's influence and control over the waterway."
"The future of Haiti belongs to the people of Haiti."
"We’re not trying to — we’re not being punitive here, but this is the only way we’ve been able to get cooperation from USAID."
"We’re not trying to be disruptive to people’s personal lives."
"This is a great step forward."
"The administration was not trying to be disruptive to people’s personal lives, but that the directive was the only way we’ve been able to get cooperation from USAID."
"For many reasons, US foreign policy has long focused on other regions while overlooking our own. That ends now."
"So now, we're going to have to pursue it from the bottom up."