We have a compelling interest, we, the United States, the world, Israel, Gaza, Palestine, to avert this widening humanitarian catastrophe.

We need American leadership to advance models of development and governance that honor freedom, transparency, and dignity.

We know we have to do more on the humanitarian front, and that requires U.S. leadership and U.S. dollars.

Gazans are suffering under Hamas not--they are not all Hamas.

If the national security supplemental were not to pass... you would be seeing in this year an increase of, roughly, 40 percent in humanitarian need.

We need American leadership to advance models of development and governance that honor freedom, transparency, and dignity.

But this should not be a war against Gazans or Palestinians. It should be a war against Hamas.

Bipartisan support for these efforts makes Americans safer and more prosperous and provides a critical foundation for American influence and leadership.

But this should not be a war against Gazans or Palestinians. It should be a war against Hamas.

In Ukraine, USAID has helped farmers withstand Putin's attempts to destroy the agricultural sector.

Putin's unjustified war continues to cause catastrophic loss of life and has undermined the security of Europe and the global economy.

We have a compelling interest, we, the United States, the world, Israel, Gaza, Palestine, to avert this widening humanitarian catastrophe.

The Biden-Harris administration's fiscal year 2025 request of $28.3 billion for USAID's fully and partially managed accounts would give us the resources to continue that leadership.

Bipartisan support for these efforts makes Americans safer and more prosperous and provides a critical foundation for American influence and leadership.

I do applaud President Biden in his conversations last week with Prime Minister Netanyahu subsequently.

Putin's unjustified war continues to cause catastrophic loss of life and has undermined the security of Europe and the global economy.

Under President Biden's leadership and in partnership with this committee, we are building on that remarkable legacy.

Bipartisan support for these efforts makes Americans safer and more prosperous and provides a critical foundation for American influence and leadership.

But this should not be a war against Gazans or Palestinians. It should be a war against Hamas.

We need American leadership to advance models of development and governance that honor freedom, transparency, and dignity.

I asked Secretary Austin yesterday at an Armed Services Committee hearing whether growing famine or medical catastrophe in Gaza would escalate violence in the region, and he said absolutely it would.

Israel, of course, must defend itself against any who would annihilate it, including Hamas, Hamas, who carried out the attack, who celebrated it, who says they will do it again.

I have made clear to the administration that it needs to incorporate funds for Ukraine into the base budget accompanied by a comprehensive strategy.

We know we have to do more on the humanitarian front, and that requires U.S. leadership and U.S. dollars.

Without the supplemental we actually have no resources to do the kind of energy, agriculture, anti-corruption work...