How were these efforts building on, but not diminishing, our work in basic education?

Can you assure this subcommittee that the U.S. will continue to oppose any World Bank loans to Iran until they are in compliance with all bilateral, multilateral sanctions, human rights, missile testings, supporting terrorism, et cetera?

I appreciate your efforts, and I know how much time you have spent on them, and I am pleased to hear your commitment that the parties have to come to the table.

Until the underlying conditions driving migration change, I fear desperate Central Americans will continue to believe that fleeing to the United States is not any more dangerous or uncertain than staying home.

I look forward to hearing from you what progress the Northern Triangle countries have made on good governance, the rule of law, education, job creation, citizen security that would provide the basis for further federal investment.

We simply will not achieve real, long-term success without education at the center of our efforts.

I do not understand the cuts to nutrition and tuberculosis programs, when nearly 800 million people worldwide suffer from malnutrition.

I have concerns regarding whether the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request will provide USAID the necessary resources.

I remain very concerned with how Iran will spend billions of dollars of unfrozen assets, which has been valued between $50 billion and $150 billion.

Wildlife trafficking undermines much of the development progress we have made in Africa. It destroys livelihoods for impoverished communities, decimates landscapes, undermines security in the rule of law.

I wish we could hear more success stories, but I constantly ask the question: How do we break away from the cyclical phenomenon of lack of security, lack of prosperity, lack of rule of law, nonsustainable governance?

The President's 2017 budget request reflects the importance of our continued investments in international financial institutions.