"Countering the terrorist groups in Africa is a clear foreign policy priority and it deserves this committee's attention."
"It's almost like no counterterrorism."
"How does gutting vital efforts help us get at the root causes of this problem?"
"I am baffled that the administration wants to cut the budget for these agencies by a third."
"What I don't want to hear and I won't accept is that we can't afford it."
"You can't cut back, in my opinion, at the rate that the administration has announced it would like to and have an effective workforce."
"I am very troubled by the redesign. I am worried that the redesign will be used as an excuse to cut back."
"I am concerned about the imbalance between military and the non-military approaches to countering terrorism in sub-Saharan Africa."
"You cannot pick up a newspaper these days without seeing a headline about how Secretary Tillerson is hollowing out the State Department."
"I was happy to work with Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers to include provisions on biomarker development qualification."
"I feel that there should be formalized, straightforward ways to gauge the safety and efficacy of medical treatments."