"I think our leadership is more important now than ever."
"Thank you, and I want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for having this hearing."
"It's hard to say that Lebanon is independent when it includes in its government Hezbollah, and Hezbollah has 150,000 rockets increasingly more accurate, increasingly more powerful delivered by Iran."
"But when the President of the United States said couple weeks ago within 6 months U.S. troops are going to be out of Iran, we are washing our hands, what signal does that send to all of our allies in ..."
"I believe that we have to do all that we can. We have a moral responsibility to do all that we can to make sure that not just Syria but the world understands chemical weapons."
"I am glad we have these bills here today. I am glad to support all of them."
"The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, a shining beacon of hope for those fleeing oppression and seeking a better life."
"I urge the committee to continue to fund these vital grant programs that help keep our communities safe."
"U.S. foreign assistance programs are critical to advancing stability and growing the economies of developing countries which are vital to U.S. national interests and can help avoid costlier conflicts."
"As former Defense Secretary Robert Gates noted, development contributes to stability. It contributes to better governance, and if you are able to do these things and you're able to do them in a focuse..."
"I've always said that the national security of the United States relies on what I refer to as a three-legged stool--diplomacy, development, and defense."
"I think it will be important, as we move to 5G, that that bridging technology is protected, and that is a role I think the Federal Government will have a say in."