If the United States did everything I wanted to do, and the international community did everything that they should do, we would still need you because of the credibility you have in the community and your ability to provide frontline help…

It is also so disheartening to know that we have leaders around the world that would deny aid to their own people.

It is in our interests, not just from the humanitarian point of view, but from the national security issues, to do something about these circumstances.

But to know that legislation, which does not cost the American people one penny, could be passed to feed 5 million more people a day, and we are sitting here with 70 million people starving today, to me, is unbelievable.

Yemen, we do need a diplomatic surge. The United States plays a critical role in Yemen.

As has been pointed out, this is a manmade problem, so we need to work on a dual track.

The tragedy is even made worse because political leaders in these countries are denying humanitarian access.

What can we do as individual committee members or as a group to try to meet the needs you are discussing over the next couple weeks?

If we want to save the needs for humanitarian assistance, let's deal with the root causes.

We recognize the importance of our programs.

thankfully, the United States of America, generally speaking, has played a leading role.

I find it somewhat shocking that you cannot answer a simple question about whether the United States' Feed the Future program is important.

we need to get access for humanitarian assistance in helping the people of Yemen that have been so much impacted.

first let me thank Senator McCain for his strong leadership on this issue and so many issues that deal with U.S. national security. Montenegro is a small country, but the principle that no non-NATO country can veto accession into NATO is…

I want to underscore one point here because people watching this may not understand the specific request that Senator McCain made. What Senator McCain asked is that this resolution be brought to the floor of the U.S. Senate with debate and…

I have a tremendous amount of respect for Lieutenant General McMaster and a great deal of admiration for his willingness to answer the call of service for his Nation as National Security Advisor. So I want to be clear that none of my…

I take this time to talk about the Republican American Health Care Act that was released, I guess, about a week or two ago, affectionately known as TrumpCare. I start by saying, what is this legislation trying to achieve? When I listen to…

We are the ones who pass the budget. President Trump can submit a budget, but we are the ones who pass the budgets. And we have a responsibility.

in December 2015, this body came together to enact what then-President Obama called a Christmas miracle, the Every Student Succeeds Act, ESSA. This truly bipartisan, bicameral compromise reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education…

Historically, the U.S. has been the largest refugee resettlement country.

We need to know Mr. Trump's policies as it relates to Syria and ending the conflict in Syria in the national interests of the United States.

I would also point out that, clearly, we need to deal with the responsibility and accountability to the Assad regime, to Russia's involvement in Syria, to terrorist groups that are operating in Syria, all that is continuing to add to the…

I would point out that, in Mosul, we have a government that we can at least work with and communicate with, whereas, in Raqqa, we do not, so there is, I think, a much greater risk in Raqqa.

But our refugee program is not only directly important for refugees, but it is a signal to the international community as to America's leadership.

I will certainly be working with Senator Merkley and Senator Kaine and others on our committee.