Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Senate Amendment to the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016 (H.R. 3766). I want to thank my friend, Judge Ted Poe of Texas, for working with me to introduce and advance this bill. I also want to thank Chairman Ed Royce and Ranking Member Eliot Engel of the House Foreign Affairs Committee for previously marking up this measure in Committee and bringing it to the Floor today. And finally, I want to thank our colleagues in the Senate, including Senators Cardin, Rubio, and Leahy for working with us to strengthen the bill and shepherd it through the Senate. The Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act is a project that I have worked on with Judge Poe for several years now, and in December 2015 this bill passed in the House by voice vote. The bill directs the President to establish monitoring and evaluation or M&E guidelines for the federal agencies charged with implementing foreign assistance programs abroad. The guidelines will require M&E plans as part of the project development process, and agencies will be encouraged to incorporate the findings of project evaluations and impact studies into subsequent foreign assistance programs. This feedback loop will include measurable goals, performance metrics, and a clearing house for lessons learned on U.S.-led aid projects.…”