Let me be clear. Our Nation's security cannot afford a budget that does not adequately fund our diplomatic and development programs or lifesaving humanitarian assistance.

The government's greatest responsibility is to keep Americans safe. This emergency supplemental addresses the coronavirus and takes critical steps to protect the American people from this deadly and expanding outbreak. I urge my colleagues…

these kinds of mailers are dangerous, predatory, and exacerbate concerns with undercounting.

This isn't just the right thing to do. It strengthens our national security and advances American interests.

The administration cannot be successful in these initiatives if we under or defund the basics, which is exactly what the proposed 20 percent cut to our foreign assistance programs would do.

Despite significant progress on our development priorities, we are currently off track to meet the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

I am not going to vote for a bill that comes before me that does not include the poor working people that I represent.

the administration has once again signaled its ill-advised and irresponsible approach to foreign affairs by proposing a nearly 20 percent cut to foreign assistance

It is also my job to ensure that you are addressing public corruption in the Northern Triangle.

USAID helps the world's most vulnerable, assists in recovery from natural disasters and humanitarian crises, and supports countries' efforts to strengthen governance, rule of law, and human rights.

I am still waiting for that assessment.

the proposed shutdown of the U.S. Trade Development Agency is one example of the lack of understanding by the administration