David Price

We have some serious challenges. We are ready to take them on.

One of the most alarming aspects of that budget was the proposed cuts, deep cuts for the State Department and USAID funding.

We really have come together, as we must come together, as an institution and as a country, I believe, in face of this.

I am also concerned with the Trump administration's painfully slow pace when it comes to the appointments of deputy and assistant secretaries and other high-ranking officials.

We have to do our best, as always, on behalf of our institution and our power of the purse and the kind of priorities, a lot of which we are going to hear about today.

Finally, the Trump administration to-date has shown a blatant disregard for addressing possible conflicts of interest, starting with, but limited to, the man at the top.

We have worked together in Georgia, in Ukraine, in Kenya, and Indonesia, and other countries where the struggle for democracy has generally been promising but certainly needs support from our country.

These are news reports. They indicate that the State Department and international assistance budget may be cut by as much as a third.

I want to flag one area for your response for the record, if I may. This is basic education.

We are convinced that fights waged within the confines of parliament are often fights taken off the street.

Now, why on earth would we decrease overall assistance to Sri Lanka by 99 percent?

I want to begin by underscoring what my colleague, Mr. Dent just asked you to take back to the White House, that is the need sooner, rather than later, for a bipartisan agreement not just on the debt ceiling but also on the budget numbers…

I want to commend you for the work you have done in stressing sustainability, in stressing the importance with these aid programs.

I want to thank our colleague and friend for being here and for taking note of the attention this committee paid in the current cycle to New Starts...

I want to join others on the committee in thanking our witnesses for your good work and your forthright testimony here today.

I am happy to hear your strong criticism of the anti-NGO law.

Your statement was brief but puzzling. You seem to imply that the appointment of Mr. Fayyad would be to the detriment of Israel.

I have said for many, many years, the best diplomatic tool really is economic development and economic relations between countries.

Tomorrow, March 3, is Employee Appreciation Day; and since we won't be in session, I rise today to register my appreciation for the staff members who allow me to serve the people of the Fourth District of North Carolina. The current…

I am confident the committee will uphold the Federal Government's trust responsibility to Native Americans and oppose the White House's harmful budget cuts.

We totally support this request.

I implore you to lead the change within Congress that is necessary to improve how the United States views, honors, and fulfills its promises to Indian Country.

The failure to reauthorize this program would severely undermine the promising progress UIHPs have made against diabetes.

This country cannot afford to leave anybody behind who wants to enter the workforce and be part of the future of this country.

I appreciate the opportunity to testify before you. I would like to thank all of the members of the subcommittee for your important work, and hope this Fiscal Year's bill is as good as the excellent legislation passed out last year.