Nita Lowey

I just would add that I have recently talked to people who are very involved with Radio Free Europe, and all of our work in Africa and throughout the world, and I think it is public relations that is pretty important, just letting people…

I believe that people who disagree on this issue can and should do more to prevent unintended pregnancies.

For many years, I have championed family planning, which saves the lives of mothers and children by educating women on healthy pregnancies.

The $8.7 billion request for the Global Health Initiative supports a whole-of-government approach, helping partner countries improve health outcomes with a particular focus on women, newborns, and children.

I question the size and scope of MCC compacts.

I look forward to hearing your report on accomplishments, shortfalls, and lessons learned for future compacts.

Microbicides promise to make a significant difference for women worldwide, and in helping to reverse the AIDS epidemic over time.

Women in developing countries should be able to plan the number and spacing of their children, a goal that leads to healthier mothers and children.

The CR passed by the House caps family planning and reproductive health funding at $440 million, which is a cut $185.5 million from the 2012 request.

It is also vital that we continue to make investments in the fight against infectious diseases.

I find it unconscionable that the House voted such dramatic reductions to these life saving efforts earlier this year.

I hope you will describe for the committee how the administration plans to improve access to and quality of health services to reach these goals.

I am very concerned, however, about the current staffing levels and training of personnel.

I want to focus on corruption. Because, during last year's hearing, we had a discussion regarding corruption and how it fundamentally undermines economic growth.

Over the past 6 years, this committee has made global health a top priority, providing over $38 billion for innovative programs to prevent the spread of disease, treat the sick, and strengthen local health systems to sustain advances.

I have been committed and I think all of us around this table are committed to enforcing tough sanctions, both bilateral and multilateral, to stop Iran in its tracks.

As we know, the Iranian leadership is dominated by hardliners whose pursuit of nuclear weapons, support of terrorism through their Hamas and Hezbollah proxies, and assistance to armed groups in Iraq, Afghanistan continue to make Iran a…

I do think it is an improvement, and I am hopeful about the potential for U.N. Women.

I am very concerned that in the General Assembly, we don't have a veto.

Yet to achieve a more efficient, performance-oriented, and innovative U.N., the U.S. should continue to push for reform from within not by holding the institution hostage by cutting funds.

It has often been said that if the United Nations did not already exist, we would have to create it.

So it seems to me that we should be helping countries use their own economic growth to address their problems rather than taxing that growth and then replacing it with a far smaller amount in aid.

In the 21st century, the idea that the United States can or should isolate itself from the international community is both unrealistic and shortsighted.

Last September, the administration issued the first Presidential Policy Directive on Global Development, and the President made absolutely clear that the mission of the U.S. global development policy is to promote broad-based economic…

I have been very concerned not just with the banks, but in all of our foreign aid programs--and domestic programs, too on the whole issue of fraud, corruption, transparency.