Dick Lugar: “I would just encourage you, as we go through foreign assistance reform, to make sure that we have strong accountability…”

I join you in welcoming back Secretary Burns and Tom Nides, both who are good friends of the committee.

The reasons for Russia's violation are unclear. But I believe the violation was likely due to a number of factors...

It is not the lack of food in the country but the problems of poverty and distribution and income.

The balancing of trade in food by the international trading system is a major factor in hunger, and I am delighted you are working on it.