"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 ..."
"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."
"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 Ba..."
"You plan to start this assistance up again, both restoring some of what was withdrawn earlier, as I take it, and also responding to the needs from the latest conflict."
"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..."
"Of course, in many ways, governance is basic, basic to everything else."
"I welcome your indication of diplomatic vigilance with respect to provocations on either side and, certainly, violence, incitement from the Palestinian side, but also settlement expansion and eviction..."
"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 world..."
"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 di..."
"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 wer..."