Patrick Leahy

Will you be working--when the new government is sworn in, will you be working--will USAID be working with them?

I'm for helping Afghanistan, but the government's not a reliable partner.

Everybody wants to help out in a tragedy. I just want to make sure that it's the people that get helped out.

As the Senator from Maryland, I represent many faith-based organizations that are deeply involved with USAID.

In Haiti, where I see a lot of expensive vehicles and operations, I also see a lot of people living under tarps and trying to bathe in polluted streams and it's almost overwhelming.

Of course, it would help if you had a government that cared more about the Haitian people than about itself.

Yes, but it's been 2 years. It's time to get it done.

Cholera season is coming.

I'm going to make sure you have the right resources to really do the job.

I want that work to show. I mean, I don't want it to get----

But nobody knew about it. That's the problem.

I wish you would just tell us in English--what's your most important procurement reform?

But, what are some of the things that will have to be cut if your budget falls short?

Of course, it's less than 1 percent. And they assume that it's a form of charity, a giveaway.

As long as I've been either chairman or ranking member of this subcommittee I have said that, contrary to what some say, USAID has an essential role to play in projecting U.S. global leadership.

I continue to believe strongly that USAID needs to become a more efficient, accessible, flexible, and less risk-averse agency.

I believe it is in our national interest to do more to help build stable democracies and vibrant economies around the world.

I think USAID is being asked to do the impossible in Afghanistan.

The cyber threat is simply too dangerous to leave underresourced.

I know that this is a topic of serious interest and prior work for you, Senator Kyl.

I believe that we can accomplish this task in a bipartisan and well-considered fashion.

The Majority Leader has recognized that the Senate should act on cyber security legislation.

I worry very, very much that some of these brave men and women we have deployed fall off the screen because they are not treated properly.

We all want the same thing. We want the best outcome.

And providing that care is a little bit different than going back to a base, going back to----