Thank you, Attorney General Sessions, for your decision on the Legal Orientation Program.

I would hope that anyone who believes we should be reducing abortions in the world would understand the connection between access to that kind of information and a lower rate of abortions and a lower rate of number of women who die in…

They need to take on corruption. We will walk at their side, help them with tools and capacity building.

it is deeply frustrating to me that yet again the Trump administration has ignored the will of Congress

I will echo the comments of Senator Durbin about Senators Graham and Leahy's leadership on this subcommittee and the commitment to support those budget for USAID that will further our humanitarian and development efforts around the world.

Administrator Green, you are responsible for implementing the administration's expanded Global Gag policy, which has been named the 'Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance' policy.

I know that both you and I have had an opportunity to meet with Malala Yousafzai to discuss the U.S.'s role in championing girls' education around the world.

I will continue to work with my colleagues to support a bipartisan and robust development and diplomacy budget

Proposed cuts overall of more than 30 percent and in some accounts 50 percent or even a 100 percent threaten to reverse bipartisan progress on development and diplomacy

the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is an essential mechanism for DOD to develop new technologies that help the warfighter and support our national defense.

Clearly, just the funding is not enough if you have $9 billion that you are still sitting on that we have not put out yet.

There is a probability that if we do nothing, this Harbor is going to become unusable in the very near future, maybe even in the next year.