Where were those concerns--I didn't hear them voiced through any amendment in the process of a 2017 tax modification.

I hope this amendment is defeated, and I hope we go on and work as we have.

Do not sit here publicly--I do not think it's productive to the overall effort.

I oppose this amendment. I'm curious why it would even be offered.

I do not understand why this would deviate from that.

For the first 15 months, Ukraine has fought valiantly and courageously in defense of their freedom against illegal Russian aggression.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to thank you and the ranking member for holding this important markup today.

If we're going to be competitive we have to fund the team on the ground.

we're not there the way that--when I talked to our allies and Africa in particular, talk to them, they said, you just--we want you to be our partners. You're not there.

there are Republican proposals that went through that would have had the effect of 22 percent budget cut on USAID, Commerce, State Department.

if we're going to put a--you know, if we're going to be there and we're going to put ourselves on the field you have to fund a team