There are USAID people who are doing wonderful things that you and I would applaud all over the world, many at great risk to themselves because of the places they are in.

Thank you for your partnership and support for child survival, for malaria, for all the issues you have fought and worked hard on over the years.

There is the risk to young, unsuspecting Cuban cellphone users who had no idea this was a U.S. Government-funded activity.

Suppose the people of Crimea vote to leave Ukraine. The Russian parliament, which will do whatever President Putin tells it to, votes to annex Crimea, how do the U.S. and Europe, our allies, respond at that point?

I wonder to what extent significant experience in overseas development is a requirement for working at USAID?

So the Helms-Burton Act would make sure that, to show how tough we are, we could not help Cuban children who have health needs.

I have seen some nice press releases, but I have not seen any steps that would actually get him out.

It is long past time for the administration and the Cuban Government to negotiate a resolution of this ordeal so Mr. Gross can return home.

His incarceration is offensive and completely inappropriate, and entirely the responsibility of the Cuban authorities that are holding him for simply carrying out an effort to help people gain access to the Internet.

If there is a peace agreement to end the conflict in Colombia--and I support what President Santos is doing at some political risk to himself;

I worry about our foreign aid programs. I am worried that they are not as relevant or effective as we may think and say they are.

It is long past time for the Administration and the Cuban Government to negotiate a resolution of this ordeal so Mr. Gross can return home.