Jeanne Shaheen actually said...

"foreign assistance is critical in promoting U.S. interests across the globe."

"it is one of our best and most important nonmilitary instruments of power."

"As we are thinking about how we look at our foreign aid efforts and revise them for the future, how should we be factoring climate change in and coordinating with what we need to do in that area?"

"I guess the concern that I have, particularly right now, and given the urgency of what we need to do, is whether or not--given our commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan, if we have the capacity to engag..."