Cory Booker

I do really worry, and the wisdom of Senator Risch about creating a balance, we all want to be fiscally responsible.

Russia is engaged in a campaign to undermine core Western institutions and weaken faith in the democratic and free-market system.

The U.S. Government should call on the Government of Venezuela to fulfill its obligations to promptly hold elections.

That to me is exactly what we need to do for our national security.

I really am grateful for not only the chairman of this committee, but Senator Coons has been a friend who was the ranking member before me on this committee and has done an extraordinary job and continues to do in his leadership.

You are right; as I have been preparing for today, I have been startled by just the sheer need that is out there in the immediate sense.

I appreciate that, and anything you can highlight for us as a legislative body that we could be doing more on that issue and especially to help with Sierra Leone.

Well, I welcome you communicating with us about evidence-based programs that address this as something that we as a Congress might want to invest in.

If confirmed, I commit to continuing the Department's efforts to promote equal opportunity and inclusion for all American employees and contractors.

I am a little frustrated, as I have expressed already in this committee, on the subcommittee as well, about us lacking a coherent Africa policy from this administration, especially dealing with some of the worst elements of human…

Enhancing our security cooperation with Bahrain does not diminish the consistent emphasis we place on human rights issues.

The U.S. Government's continued support of Somali efforts to strengthen the federal government's structures and improve security are critical to ensuring sustained and reliable access to populations in need.

China's development assistance to Africa has increased 780 percent since 2003.

The administration seems to be signaling that it may not certify Iranian compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

The United States supports a united Libya, with a capable, unified government and unified national security forces.

We are spending money in this budget in Iraq and Syria and Libya, but we are effectively gutting funding for places like Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, and places further afield like Bangladesh and Mali and Nigeria.

We must consider how to balance support for security assistance with humanitarian and development aid.

The Russian Federation has made a strategic decision to try to undermine our values.

I worry about the U.S. investments, especially with some of the budget proposals that have already come out.

I have a lot of concerns, as I know you do, about the Kenyan elections coming up in early August.

You also understand the importance of United States leadership.

I led a 10-Senator delegation to COP21 to bolster U.S. leadership.

I am just going to submit my statement for the record.

The administration has repeatedly called for North Korea to cease its nuclear testing activities.

You are also going to strategically important countries, especially in the context of peacekeeping operations.