"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 can we be sure that USAID is meeting these challenges as effectively as possible?"
"If all goes to hell in a hand basket in any number of these countries, we are going to spend a great deal more as American taxpayers to try to put it back together."
"I hope this Committee will stay united, as it was in fiscal year 2018, in opposing a return to isolationism and the abandonment of our country's reputation as a global leader for democratic values."
"There is a glaring disconnect between this administration's policy documents and its budget."
"Actions speaking louder than words is a cut of 50 percent. Which action are you speaking of?"
"It is not a legitimate argument to say we cannot support foreign assistance because we have domestic needs here at home."
"I also heard you looked into the Bien Hoa Airbase and the dioxin remediation project we are now embarking on."
"We have discussed the frustration we both share about the anti-competitive tactics used by brand drug companies to deny the sale of samples to generic manufacturers."
"Unfortunately, those positive trends have been eclipsed by a rise in authoritarianism."
"This budget, if enacted, would degrade USAID's ability to carry out its mission."
"Foreign assistance actually accounts for only a fraction of 1 percent of the Federal budget."