David Price

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.

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?

Thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you for convening this hearing. Thanks to our witnesses for pretty convincing testimony, I must say, about the challenge we face, and the urgency of that challenge in terms of diversifying our diplomatic…

We have consistently supported and will continue to ask Congress to consider preservation of green space and the elevation of structures above base-flood levels.

The Biden administration has launched a formal review of the detention facility, with the aim of finally closing it before President Biden leaves office. And that is something I strongly, very strongly, support.

We literally have not delivered mail but once or twice a week to a community.

The Postal Service has over a 90 percent approval rating.

The responsibility of all these things that you have mentioned does rest on your shoulders.

I appreciate, for one, the ability to do this, even though we are not physically this week in Washington.

This is a false economy that our friends in some quarters have pointed out, and it is one that will hurt research.

You have got to be the best politician in a town of politicians to get appointed by Donald Trump and Barack Obama.

I do not think the reduction proposed for NIH is in the best interest of the American people.

A sustained, steady commitment to increase NIH funding is critical to ensuring our Nation's future as a leader in biomedical research.

It is important not only for the Government to have the resources accurately to forecast the weather but also for Americans to be able to trust the Government's forecast and warnings during a disaster.

We have to stick to facts and support the science, even if scientific evidence lead to conclusions that are not politically advantageous.

Americans need to be able to trust the government and especially in these life-threatening situations.

Real lives are at stake.

Will you pledge today before all of us to do everything in your power to help restore trust in our government and only disseminate information that is accurate?

I believe we must look at this not only as a matter of the financial cost, but one of the human cost that I have noted.

I, frankly, don't understand why the administration refuses to stand behind commitments or make investments that could harness the power of U.S. businesses to innovatively address this challenge

I am worried about the message we send to the rest of the world by reneging on prior commitments

The administration's repeated attempts to end cooperation with multilateral organizations threaten our economic and national security and weaken our global influence and credibility

The administration's fiscal year 2021 budget request, which proposes unsustainable cuts of nearly 20 percent for foreign assistance, demonstrates once again that the administration just does not value the impact of the global economy on…

I want to see some presence, some footprint of USAID in The Gambia.

Governance is basic to everything else.