David Cicilline actually said...

So I guess my first question is am I correct in my conclusion that this becomes particularly vexing for the United States...

I wish members of the Department of Defense were here to hear you. That's the argument we've been making for the last 5 years.

I don't think that it is helpful that we are going to be cutting the State Department's budget.

We cannot allow another outbreak to go unchecked because the White House considers arbitrary budget cuts to be good politics.