I applaud Ambassador Power and her setting the goal of 25 percent localization over this Administration.
I want to contrast that with how the Chinese Communist Party handles their diplomacy, how the CCP handles their foreign assistance and their...
Ambassador Power gave a speech at Georgetown talking about the burden on your contracting officers.
USAID already has the legal authorities and other tools necessary to pursue a comprehensive localization agenda.
I just want to come back and, again, put a reality check.
I appreciate the approach that Ambassador Power is taking.
I would take us back to the Obama administration, and at that point the Obama administration put forward the USAID Forward program.
I certainly feel honored to have been able to work with you in the last Congress to achieve the beginning that we have in the State Departme...