I think given the likely costs and benefits, I expect we are more likely to reduce and restructure assistance to Pakistan than to end it altogether.

We have expended about $33 billion of U.S. taxpayer dollars towards Pakistan since the early 2000s.

I want to thank Senator Cardin for agreeing to have this hearing, and for changing the time.

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

Support for the constitutional division of powers and the U.S. ability to make decisions about our own best interests in carrying out foreign policy demands a rethinking of any effort to pass a resolution and issue political statements in…

I write to express my strong opposition to efforts by your administration to circumvent the U.S. Congress and the Senate's constitutional role by promoting ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) at the United Nations.

When Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, economic development was a core priority of our overall aid policy.

More optimistically, there is also a consensus that focusing on long-term economic growth and job creation contributes the most to sustainable development.

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

Various commissions over the past decades have affirmed an unfortunate reality: our foreign assistance programs largely lack strategic focus and are not accomplishing their intended objectives as well as they could.

The Act specifically calls for the promotion of conditions enabling developing countries to achieve self-sustaining economic growth as one of the five principal goals of U.S. foreign aid.

Look, we've got a candidate who has been a business person all of their life, which brings a lot of strengths as people look to Washington to challenge its trajectory.

I felt like there was a better way for me to serve and that there are other people who are better suited to try to be a vice presidential candidate.

I think that they have made moves in a very positive direction. They're going to make a lot more moves in that direction and they are in and, you know, but I think they're gearing up.

the question is not so much what is the anti-corruption programming. It is how are the flagship efforts like Power Africa addressing the problem.

I am so glad to join the senior Senator from our State, who set such an example in the Senate in recognizing and honoring Pat Summitt. Basketball has lost a legend, and Tennessee has lost one of its own beloved daughters. There is perhaps…

for the Committee on Foreign Relations I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…

Never has there been a more critical or opportune moment to discuss and recommit to the central tenets of the Washington Treaty--collective defense, crisis management, and cooperative security.

I called on President Obama to clearly articulate his intentions for U.S. troop strength for this mission prior to the summit in order to deliver a clear message about U.S. leadership.

The bottom line is this. Where the rule of law is weak or nonexistent, transnational criminal organizations will prosper and engage in corruption.

It still appears to me that we have a really light touch, very, very light touch, in a country that... could in fact breed problems far greater than Syria.

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

I hope Mr. Winer can explain to us what lessons the administration has learned from the failure of the last time we tried to develop Libyan security forces.

I felt like our involvement in Libya was very poorly thought out.

I have to tell you just looking at the committee memo that was put in place by CRS, the countervailing forces on the ground in Libya are really many.