It is our hope that their testimony will help to galvanize the international community to take action to secure the freedom of those who are needlessly suffering and dying under truly horrific conditions.

the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act should be restated and strengthened to ensure that its protections meet their needs in the 21st century.

We must make difficult decisions in light of the unfortunate fiscal priorities facing us.

We can insist that governments in developing countries that receive our assistance be as committed to helping their own people as we are.

The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 3) was introduced to address taxpayer funding of abortion.

Our hearing this morning is about the budget requests for USAID and MCC and the need to ensure maximum return on our investments.

I would respectfully submit that conveying false information, misleading and inflated numbers, may have shock value but in accuracy in assessing efforts to mitigate maternal mortality and engaging in hyperbole is wrong.

I would, again, respectfully submit to this administration that a reappraisal... about the child in the womb and the inherent bigotry and prejudice against that child in the womb that is inherent in the abortion culture...

I would hope the administration would take a second look at its embrace of abortion globally because it really does undermine Millennium Goal 4 which calls for mitigating child mortality.

I was also deeply disturbed by the assassination of Pakistan's Federal Minister of Minorities, as we all were, and joined by several people on this subcommittee and throughout the House, including Frank Wolf and so many other Members, when Shahbaz Bhatti on March 12 of this year died by assassination.

I would echo that call to the administration.