Political Quotes

“Woman, as chair of the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee for the last 4 years, I worked in a bipartisan manner with my friend, Chairwoman Kay Granger, to ensure our bill protects our national security, and I do appreciate her efforts to sustain our successes and note the inclusion of $3 billion pursuant to the MOU between the United States and Israel and continued commitments to Egypt and Jordan in the bill we consider today. I am also pleased the bill continues robust investment in basic education, which is the cornerstone of free, healthy and economically stable societies. Tough measures we authored to hold accountable recipients of U.S. assistance in Afghanistan are also preserved in this bill to ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent efficiently and effectively to achieve our security priorities in the region. However, irresponsible cuts in policies in the CR will threaten global stability and American interests abroad. There is broad bipartisan agreement that a three-legged stool of defense, diplomacy and development is vital to our national security, yet this bill would dramatically weaken U.S. diplomacy and development.”