Nita Lowey actually said...

"The International Affairs budget is critical to U.S. economic engagement with the world."

"They are doing an outstanding job, so I want to thank you."

"I am here to ask your consideration in not only maintaining that budget item, but also to plus it up to get to the level of about $21 million."

"I hope you can use that eloquence to explain it to the constituents throughout the country because, as you well know, they don't believe that our foreign aid program is 1 percent of the budget, and th..."