This is something, and we have talked about this many times, Madam Chair, where we need sustained, annual, above-inflation increases.

But those days of when we do not recognize the strengths of those who come from different places, different lands, different experiences, and our need to embrace them is critical in terms of our children and moving forward in education.

We do have the capacity to help to abolish poverty so that kids can get an equal opportunity for the future.

It also says that poverty is unacceptable. And poverty is, in some of our districts and some of our communities, is the biggest roadblock to youngsters being able to get a good education.

Education for families today is the way that they believe that their children will be able to succeed for the future.

How do we prevent just a total shutoff of any funds to address the sources of migration in Central America?

First of all, President Trump withheld duly appropriated funds from Ukraine.

How do we do something about this unrestrained, uncontrolled declaration of emergencies?

the only valid passport out of poverty.

The Biden administration has announced its determination to not only take the U.S.' seat at the table...

Thank you, Madam Chair, and welcome, Ambassador. We are very happy to have you in this position and look forward to working with you in many, many ways.

With respect to Gaza and the West Bank and the deeply destructive policies of the last administration, halting duly appropriated assistance funds to the West Bank and Gaza, closing the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, closing the PLO office in…

the COVID summit set this very ambitious goal of 70 percent of the world being vaccinated within a year

Of course, in many ways, governance is basic, basic to everything else.

I am encouraged by your assurance that the aid that the previous administration stopped is now starting up again, and I encourage you to do that with respect to projects that had been approved and were receiving approval.

It seems to me, from what we have heard and observed, especially in recent years, that we have a huge challenge of rebuilding back the prestige and the attractiveness of diplomatic service.

I would appreciate your reflections on this and what the evidence so far shows because we, of course, in this country have a strong stake in human rights and in supporting democratic governments worldwide.

There is just so much at stake in the faltering and struggling Afghan democracy surviving this period.

Certainly, yes, but we do commend your involvement. And there is a need to stay the course here and figure out ways to tighten the screws, if we possibly can.

You plan to start this assistance up again, both restoring some of what was withdrawn earlier, as I take it, and also responding to the needs from the latest conflict.

That is very soon. All right. Well, thank you. So that work did continue.

Are you really saying that the whole system is in trouble, and that we need to build it back, and presumably, of course, build it back better, as they say, so that we recruit and retain a much more diverse workforce?

I appreciate your service and certainly your appearance before us today.

We on this subcommittee learned the hard way in the last Congress how hard it was and how limited our tools were to deal with a summarily--and we thought unconstitutional--cutoff of aid to the West Bank and Gaza and also to the Triangle…

I have some personal knowledge of one of those programs. It involves educational work with autistic children with a school in Bethlehem.