"First, I want to thank our ranking member Hagerty, for his cooperation and help in putting together this hearing."
"Forty-one years have passed since the last major restructuring of the State Department, and we should seek to update and enhance the State Department for the 21st Century."
"Congress should form a bipartisan commission to examine every aspect of American diplomacy."
"I think we have missed opportunities where there were opportunities for us to make major advancements in building democratic states to prevent conflict."
"Welcome to the first hearing of the subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations on the State Department and USAID management, international operations, and bilateral international development."
"We obviously want our workforce to reflect diversity of our Nation but also the diversity of the global community."
"training does offer an opportunity for us to make some maybe immediate progress in looking at it this year."
"I think it is very much needed."
"When I first started in politics, the location of dredged material was an extremely political and difficult subject."
"I would just point out, Mr. Chairman, in closing, that is the livelihoods, the tourism, the recreational use in small communities are very much impacted by the work done by the Army Corps."
"Thank you for your willingness to take on this important responsibility, and thank you to your family for sharing in the public service."