I certainly do not support the administration's proposal to get rid of many of those because I think they are so important as we look at other areas in which we can build relationships ongoing.

I thanked him for his leadership.

a coalition of cowards, freeloaders, and hypocrites led from behind by the American President.

I understood you to say that, if you are confirmed, that you will work to protect this budget and make sure that the expenditures are made as Congress directed.

One of the jobs that we have is to try to figure out how to make them more effective and make sure they have the resources that they need.

We have a group of Indonesians in New Hampshire who have been here fleeing persecution from Indonesia, religious persecution.

I was very distressed when I saw the budget proposal from this administration that would phase out OPIC.

the need to counter those efforts, and, at the same time, the need to look at places where we can work with Russia because we have mutual interests.

I think Rwanda has the highest percentage of women of any country in its national governing body, its parliament.

I appreciate that. And I think all of us agree that we want to hold Iran accountable.

I hope that it is the will of this body to do some repair on the budget, so that the message that we send is not one that we are reducing America's traditional commitment to those issues.

I appreciate the work you did in the Senate to address religious persecution.