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by 15 percent slashing the diplomatic budget by more than 80 undermines that vision and it could set us back a generation I support reform and modernization I think most of the members of this Committee...questions that we have this morning Given that these decisions were not based on performance or evaluations or merit I hope you ll be able to...

Reforming the State Department to Compete in the 21st Century Secretary Rigas thank you for being here with us I know it s not easy but change is necessary and moving the needle within the State Department bureaucracy...reform effort At the time Secretary Powell was fighting to get computers on desks and employees to use their email The challenges...

crises in Haiti Senator Shaheen offered detailed recommendations for U S Haiti policy including the use of strategic sanctions against Haitian armed criminal actors and their political and economic enablers...achieving sustainable security objectives The Administration should also develop concrete metrics for evaluating MSS progress expand the...

reviews of the efficacy of assistance programs We understand that any Administration has the right to evaluate programs While many in the United States have focused on the constitutional transition of power...support A list of all programs subject to the foreign assistance pause or stop work orders the criteria used to pause the programs as well as...

existing prohibitions on the use of U S foreign assistance to pay for the performance or promotion of abortion services overseas American foreign aid should always be used in a way that is in line with...with American values and that means that no foreign assistance funds should ever be used to perform or promote abortion services said Senator...

interests Prior to the fall of Assad Putin used the Security Council to block any action to hold the regime accountable for its crimes against humanity China has used its malign influence to block attempts...participating in the UN China also manipulates the UN personnel system which we all know And they ve used it to install Chinese diplomats into...

obviously but we ll do out best to disagree civilly and let the process work as it should With that let us turn to the hearing today I want to welcome my great friend Marco Rubio to this hearing Likewise Marco...accountability at the United Nations whose agenda and wasteful practices frequently do not align with US interests In Asia it will be...

if focused on counter PRC priorities did not consistently advance U S interests The Department also used weak or even bogus counter PRC justifications to secure CPIF funding In September I blocked a CPIF...opportunity because it did not address regulatory gaps that Chinese actors can exploit The Department also used weak or even bogus counter PRC...

seize on the value of conservation over deforestation which has wide reaching benefits including to us here in the United States I look forward to continuing to work with my friend Senator Ben Cardin on...climate and biodiversity crises and look forward to working with Congress to advance and strengthen US efforts to secure a future where people...

this partnership from moving aggressively to reality On Europe yesterday I published a report that evaluated the administration s policies to strengthen transatlantic unity on China Across the board but especially...Russia s war effort Secretary Blinken often repeats that 70 of machine tools and 90 of microelectronics used in Russian weapons come...