That's the whole point.

Today I rise to recognize Florida State University for the important research they are conducting into the deadly Zika virus. In coordination with Johns Hopkins and Emory Universities, Florida State researchers have made crucial…

Investing today in stability is more cost-effective than investing later in crisis management and dealing with the violent extremism that conflict creates and attracts.

Forty percent of the world's youth will be African.

We're talking about if you do A, then you can get a better deal tradewise, and A has to be something that will counter extremism.

To defeat bad ideas, you need better ideas.

It is in America's national security interest to obtain influence on every front possible in this strategically consequential region--from Kurdistan to Arab Spring countries such as Libya and most certainly in Syria when the ruling tyrant…

The ability of the Kurdistan Regional Government to demonstrate what is possible when government and society create a safe, stable and welcoming environment for domestic enterprise and foreign partners will serve as an instructive and…

I am here to urge action by the international community in response to both the refugee crisis and the rise of violent extremism.

Well, for the committee's information, and I'm sure the members know this, that this year we're going to be 30 percent below the fiscal year 2016 number for international disaster assistance.

isn't it cheaper and more effective to engage now proactively to fix what needs to be fixed

The goal is for people to stay at home and not come here, not go to Europe, but stay in Syria.

It's better to invest now or you're going to pay later.

I think we have to recognize we have an emergency on our hands, and then we have to come up with a long-term strategy.

The whole approach is to leverage better outcomes and not just to help people with food, shelter, water, and clothing.

Aid in 2016 is not charity, it is national security.

In pulling our troops out of Iraq, where we have sacrificed so much, without a comprehensive strategy to fill the vacuum of influence that is left, we would suffer a monumental loss of face.

You made an enormous difference today, and you will look back on this hearing, I hope, and say, 'That's when it began to change.'

In the op-ed piece I referenced, Bono suggested that now is the time to think big. I could not agree more.

The integration of Europe, the very idea of European unity, is at risk here.

the international community should seek inspiration from the success of the Marshall Plan after World War II.

Aid in 2016 is not just charity--it is national security.

So I want the committee to know that people in Syria are trapped. There is no place to go.

Security, economic development, and a rule of law that reflects the will of those that led these revolutions are the three pillars upon which long-term success must be built.

If the Middle East catches fire, the flames jump any border controls.