Patrick Leahy actually said...

"Actions speaking louder than words is a cut of 50 percent. Which action are you speaking of?"

"I know your job is to defend the administration's budget, but putting that aside, given China's expanding influence, the spread of extremism, and the scale of human displacement and misery today, how ..."

"The President's request for fiscal year 2019 is not the budget the United States needs to protect and promote our interests and influence abroad."

"Foreign assistance actually accounts for only a fraction of 1 percent of the Federal budget."