I am fully committed to more spending for development assistance and would like to authorize more for these programs. But the gentleman fully knows that we have encountered a number of difficulties in authorizing development programs, largely because of family planning issues. I want to assure the gentleman that we will continue in our efforts to make certain that we do as much as we can for development assistance.
Discussing development assistance funding and challenges during a House floor debate.
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