Jeff Merkley actually said...

should we be asking our President to weigh in directly with the King of Saudi Arabia to get access for aid into Yemen?

I appreciate the opportunity to join this panel and hope that my testimony helps bring more attention to the increasingly dire situations.

I think that we need to look at these through other matters as well.

During the continuing resolution, the funding, we worked in a bipartisan way to provide about $900 million more to adjust famines.