I oppose resolution H. Res. 158 as we consider this measure today. I have got to tell you I cannot help but feel frustrated that here we are again.

Safe space for dissent is important ongoing, even as I hope the department works to accommodate this congressional request because I think the substance that is in the cable is tremendously important for members of this committee to know…

Would it reduce efforts to deter the PRC's aggression and coercion, including through the Countering PRC Influence Fund and slow our ability to open new posts in the Pacific Islands?

the President's budget proposal lays out a strategic vision for the U.S. global engagement that would allow the United States to deepen our alliances, to tackle the most pressing global challenges, and effectively compete with our…

I do not see moving these types of bills as optional or as favors to the department or USAID.

Had not President Biden led... if we had jumped out there by ourselves Putin would have been right. We would have been divided.

I am truly in awe. And as we both know, there are many more wrongfully detained Americans abroad, including Paul Whelan.

Brittany Griner is an important part of the Arizona community, someone I know well.

And to reverse gains made to combat infectious diseases including through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, programs to prevent material and childhood deaths and funds to support health workers and global health security. Is…

The across the board cuts that I hear coming from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are arbitrary and counter to our most serious needs.

It is vital to our national security for the State Department to be adequately funded.

For the purpose of closing. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 406 is a very important, bipartisan measure that affirms the importance of the United States and ASEAN's partnership by extending privileges and immunities under the International Organizations…