Lindsey Graham

If not, we are in a world of hurt.

If this is a good budget, I would hate to see a bad budget.

This budget is going to get us to 2.5, in fiscal year 2028 it goes to 2.9.

If not, we are in a world of hurt.

If this is a good budget, I would hate to see a bad budget.

If not, we are in a world of hurt.

Your budget is taking GDP spent on the Navy and the Military to historic lows.

I think that is my point.

It just kind of reeks of political revenge.

Taking your eye off the ball can really lead to a lot of money and lives being lost.

We expect you to up your game, we expect you to make sure that the money being generated for all this activity, some of it actually goes to the people.

The goal here, I guess, is to have the local community feel like the park is an asset.

Of all the things the Committee could be focusing on, this is sort of top of our list for a good reason.

The goal, of Chris and myself, is to create a public-private relationship where the private sector sort of leads and puts their money where their mouth is.

The proposed bipartisan bill, introduced by Senator Coons and Senator Graham, offers all three.

If we don't do something, the 345 million can double in the next 4 or 5 years.

The bottom line is that the bilateral approach needs to be supplemented with something new because it is not working.

I want to thank you for your leadership, and I want to thank everyone at USAID,--you are literally doing the Lord's work--and it is national security in another form.

What I want the Committee to understand, and Senator Coons has been a great partner on this, we have a crisis in the world that is really challenging to put your arms around.

What I want is a global food security program that has metrics.

There are 345.2 million people that participate in some food program because of food insecurity.

Would you be willing to entertain a public-private partnership akin to the Global Fund for food security?

The failure to provide specific answers to the majority of inquiries submitted by my office indicates the Department of State lacks a coherent plan of action to process these cases.

Our Afghan allies who fought alongside us now struggle to provide for themselves and their families, remain in hiding, and live in constant fear of being hunted down by the Taliban.

Haven't we now reached a point where, frankly, we have to understand we are entering a period of geopolitical competition bordering on conflict?