Despite almost $4 billion in U.S. assistance to Haiti, the nation suffers from high unemployment, political instability, and growing food insecurity due to prolonged drought.

I was discouraged to see the news last week that yet again the second round of elections have been postponed.

I'm concerned that very little progress has been made as Haiti's interim president Jocelerme Privert, a former member of the Haitian parliament, seems more concerned with installing his allies in key government positions than with…

Mr. President, I rise today to speak about an issue that we too often forget about here after the fact. We move on to the next topic of the day. But it was just 1 year ago, on April 2, that actually marked the framework for the Joint…

I think the country faces two very serious crises right now, and they are interrelated.

we are also subsidizing our allies who are spending, on average, much less than 2 percent of their GDP.

Madam President, regarding the vacancy on the Supreme Court, many of our colleagues in the minority party have said the same things we are saying today. Let's stop kidding each other. This kind of political showmanship--and, yes, indeed…

Well, in meeting with the Defense Minister from Georgia, Khidasheli--she is the current, not the former, but the current Defense Minister--she is very concerned about that rail line, as I am sure you guys are aware.

Last year, the administration had Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, former Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, actually propose to this committee that the West impose an embargo on spare parts for Russian oil refineries.

We are still in the bottom quartile of OECD nations when it comes to the amount of money we spend on international aid.

This budget from you proposes about a 17 percent cut.