"A budget request is a lot more than numbers on a page. It is a statement of values and priorities."
"I am deeply concerned the impacts of COVID-19 will push more fragile States into conflict."
"Successful diplomacy and development is cost effective."
"We must double our efforts to ensure that every dollar spent is strategic in advancing U.S. interests."
"Over the past several years, this Administration has attempted several rescissions and other methods of slowing down or stopping foreign assistance spending."
"The Foreign Affairs Committee has strongly objected to these tactics in the past and fully expects the resources provided by Congress to be fully utilized."
"For God's sake, these are our soldiers, and if we are not going to protect them, what are we going to do?"
"Hon. Eliot L. Engel, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York, prepared statement"
"The Federal Government needs to immediately address these shortcomings as required by the Indian Health Care Improvement Act."
"The law is a brutal, sweeping crackdown against the people of Hong Kong, intended to destroy the freedoms they were promised."
"It seems as it is."
"All freedom-loving people must come together to condemn the law, which accelerates Beijing's years-long assault on Hong Kong's political and economic freedoms."