Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I am optimistic about USAID Forward and its focus on country ownership, and eventually working yourselves, USAID, out of a job."

"I have seen some of those successes. I have seen your people in the field, sometimes in dangerous conditions, and I applaud you for that."

"I completely agree with your concept that we have got to make it possible for the people in the area to do things, to be able to help themselves."

"We should remember that while we debate what USAID is doing in Cuba, U.S. citizen Alan Gross remains in solitary confinement in his fifth year of captivity."