Secretary of State Marco Rubio had to scramble after the fact—to issue an 'Emergency Waiver' to exempt lifesaving aid from the freeze.

It’s a tragedy, it’s horrifying, and it needs to be dealt with. … We are going to help.

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.

So, what he's very generously has offered is the ability of the United States to go in and help with debris removal, help with munitions removal, help with reconstruction, the rebuilding of homes and businesses and things of this nature so…