Ed Markey

I look forward to leading that conversation, if confirmed.

I think that the American support for justice and accountability is one of the more important ways in which we can help the Syrian people, in the long run, build a very different future than the one they are experiencing now.

That helps us with relationships in the region.

I think that ending impunity for gross violations of human rights is absolutely critical.

We basically put in $100 million a year. Immediately we get a $200 million grant facility to Haiti over the next 10 years.

So what I would like to do is wrap up by asking each of you to give us your 1-minute big picture summation of what it is you hope to accomplish, what you see your role is and your agency's role for our country and for the world that we…

Yes, I think that is a good standard. We can have the Millennium Transparency Challenge to all the other agencies year after year as you maintain No. 1 in the world in that area.

I think also just the sense of value that the investments in the Inter-American Development Bank offer.

If confirmed, I will be honored to serve President Obama in this role and help make possible for others what was made possible for me.

What role can your agency play in ensuring that there is coordination, ensuring the effectiveness of all these agencies is maximized?

But the higher the standard you set is the better it is for all the rest of them because they are going to respond to the challenge.

My goal would be to establish a zero-tolerance level.

I want to start by saying how very grateful I am to the women and men who came forward over the past 2 years to share their stories with us.

You know, in visiting Afghanistan and Iraq and meeting with the USAID employees there, it is just--they are just so courageous to----

Thank you, Mr. Carroll, very much. We thank both of you.

Both of the nominations we are considering today are for positions in which I believe topnotch management is needed, now more than ever.

Tell us a little bit, if you can, about how you see the logistical complexity of that.

He is a historic figure.

I cannot think of a better way than through Peace Corps to build relationships with, not only the leaders of our country, but the people of our country.

That is a domestic policy issue, in terms of ensuring that we have proper oversight.

I hope that they are.

Inherently, foreign assistance is a high-risk enterprise.

As a Senator from Massachusetts, I have deep appreciation and respect for the program that President Kennedy and Sargent Shriver and Harris Wofford created in order to involve Americans more actively in the cause of global democracy…

Good morning, and welcome to today's hearing.

I believe not raising those issues undermines our credibility and our standing in the world.