assistant administrator for africa at usaid. and you for being you. our third witness is justin siberell -- no? need a little help. acting coordinator for counterterrorism at the department of state. want to thank you all for being here for your service to our country, and if you could summarize your comments in about five minutes that would be great. without objection your written testimony will be entered into the record. so thank you. >> mr. chairman, ranking member cardin, and distinguish numbers of the committee, let me thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. i had a very brief oral statement and i provide more comprehensive written statement for the record. africa is home to the worlds youngest and fastest growing population. it presents significant opportunities for transformation and growth as well as many challenges. the overall trends in sub-saharan africa point to accelerated democratization, development economic opportunity. although africa remains the world's least developed continent, average real per capita income incr

usaid usaid was there recently as well on consultations to look at how we can better coordinate with the chinese on what they're doing in africa, both economically and politically. >> my experience is that terrorism flourishes when there's a presence of no education, poverty, and that disease, and lack a pope. africa is probably the poster child for those qualifications. the more we can do like the africa bill in the water bill that we have done here the food security bill, the more we can uplift the african people the better fight we can have against terrorism. is that fair assessment? >> i will turn to my colleague at usaid, but i absolutely agree with you. >> i will agree, but i also say that we have data that shows that this is actually the case. we see that where ten years of research over all of these countries that usaid has worked in has shown very clear evidence that when we see governments actually able to deliver services such as energy, access to electricity, education, healthcare, healthcare, there's a core bounding decrease in the amount of feelings of marginalization,

assistant administrator for africa at usaid. thank you for being here. our third witness is justin siberell. no? come on. need a little help here. siberell, acting coord natuinaor counterterrorism. if you could summarize your comments for five minutes that would be great. without objection your written testimony will be entered into the record. so, thank you. >> mr. chairman, ranking member cardin, and distinguished members of the committee, let me thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. i have a very brief oral statement. and i provided more comprehensive written statement for the record. africa is home to the world's youngest and fastest growing population. it presents significant opportunities for transformation and growth as well as many challenges. the overall trends in sub-saharan africa point to accelerated -- sorry, democrattization and economic opportunity. although africa remains the world's least developed continent, average real per capita income increased steadily over t last decade and a half. however, in spite of these po

investigation for state and usaid to act. the united states should prioritize ending this practice, but it hasn't. this is shameful. it's a tragedy that our great government is not doing more. it's inexcusable that the united states, a nation with wealth and power, is standing by while such sickening violence against women and girls is occurring. as we speak, mr. president, 200 have undergone this in the world. 200 million. the state department and usaid should end or do everything they can to make female mutilation a priority. it's a cause. it should be. it isn't. the united states can and must do far more to eliminate this practice worldwide. we still have problems here in the united states. this shameful g.a.o. report, i hope is a wakeup call. something had to wake us up because we have done almost nothing as a country. the report should be a turning point in the fight against f.g.m., a moment when the most powerful nation in the world commences to stopping a brutal form of abuse. the united states should be a leader in th

>> i'll turn to my colleague at usaid, but i absolutely agree with you. >> i'll agree, but i'll also, you know, say that we have data that shows that this is actually the case. we see that we're -- ten years of research over all of these countries that usaid has worked in across the world has shown very clear evidence that when we see governments actually able to deliver services, such as energy, access to electricity, health care, education services, there is a corresponding decrease in the amount of feelings of marginalization, feelings of inclusion, and we've also seen that those countries are usually not the same ones that are correlated with conflict and instability and that it's been very clear that there's also a clear correlation between where there's the absence of the delivery of services and where people do feel marginalized and that they don't have access to opportunities that those countries are at risk of conflict, and it's very glaring. now, the links between violent extremism, that's the next step. already when you're engaged in conflict, then sort of your sympathy to

a portion of this would go to usaid. unfortunately, and sadly, and inexplicably, congress has not provided the administration with the ending it needs to rest on to this outbreak. those who oppose it will be held accountable. it is as simple as that. time makes a big difference in these kinds of epidemics. the longer we wait, the more people get infected and the more lives are painfully altered forever. we have seen it. i'm asking you, with your limited funds, what efforts has u.s. a i.d. -- usaid taken to combat the spread? i've heard several republicans say take the money from ebola. that is a whole other problem and it is not the answer. i want to know what you are doing with your limited runs and du agree we have a great need for the ones the president asked for? >> thank you for that question and we share your deep concern about the potential impact of sica in the region -- the gut -- of zika in the region. thus far, usaid has conducted assessment around the region, particularly in those countries were health system

. >> i ask that testimony submitted by usaid. so iniki in be submitted through friday april 15. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the with human-rights i am not happy about in turkey with the stuff i don't understand but that should not take away from the turkish people who eating in their embrace. i have got to go. [inaudible conversations] >> he is headed security. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] in. >> as an orthopedic surgeon i think about you almost every day. home. >> i think about coming back during that 18 month period. [laughter] civic that is what happens when you have good partners. >> i am a writer and not really a teacher. take care. [inaudible conversations] he has ben hospitalized for year with seizures every day and a star athlete. >> this is th

people who work for usaid. that we're able to make sure that we have an adequate number of visas, that we don't have an arbitrarily short period of time because the pipeline has been hopelessly complex and flaw. we've been working with the bureaucracy trying to make it work better but that's an ongoing struggle. and the fact is, there are different people with different committees who have different orientation. i hope that this en bloc amendment is just the start. that we can continue working with you, mr. chairman, with the minority party, with the staff, with the advocates, with the various people who are committed to making sure that the people who are at risk now of being killed, murdered, tortured, having family members killed, that we do right by them. thank you and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from north carolina, mr. hudson. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hudson: north carolin

for instance, the department of health and human services, the state department and usaid are required to submit spending plans to congress and we have directed $2 million for g.a.o. and inspector general oversight. the bill reit rates current strong protections against the use of any funds for abortions. the white house request earlier on made none of these oversight efforts, allowing broad transfer authorities across the entire federal government and creating slush funds with virtually no limits. this bill guarantees that every cent goes to address the problem at hand fighting the zika virus. this funding is critical to stop the spread of zika and protect our people both at home and abroad. every child deserves the chance at a full and healthy life and every mother deserves to see her child survive. this measure will make this happen in ar responsible way. mr. speaker, with this bill and its passage, the congress will have seen $1.2 billion over the next 4.5 months, the balance of this fiscal year. the administration request of $1.9 billion was for several years. we, in this bill and

we did release the usaid extremism and the first time they have released a strategy. what a guess that is the essential determination conclusion that our effort and globally this to be more comprehensive. we need to scale up our effort to better understand the drivers and ruth the radicalization that is leading to recruitment into these terrorist groups that is enabling these groups to continue to recruit and identify and track their members despite the fact that they offer only mr. reagan that in their own community that they control. we understand that we've had significant success in planting the capabilities over time and certainly great success through intelligence, military fun for some efforts and removing terrorist leadership yet the groups continue to attract new followers. this strategy is in a college mentor the fact that our approach -- when i say our, the united states working in partnership around the globe need to better understand to the ideology that these groups propagate and what can be done to address the factors. the first of which is to advise mo

my colleague from usaid is there as well. and we look across the board as what they are plaininning to dod look at what they're planning to do in the context of our mission programs in terms of our own strategy. so we do work closely with them. our embassadors have veto power on any actions they are taking and any programs they are doing and in general if there's any disagreement we work those disagreements out between ourselves. so we're very much in synch with them. we wish we had that $10 billion to program on the continent of africa and we'd be doing some different things. they have the money so we want to help them channel that money to places where it will make a difference on the continent as we work to fight in security and terrorism together, but $10 billion would be a huge contribution to democracy and governance. i describe my funding as scraping the jar to get just enough to do the job that we have to do. >> tell me how much do you have in democracy and govern i can'tness. >> let me get back to you with that figur

after getting frozen out of ecuador two years ago for political reasons, usaid is one of many internationalgroups sending experts in; the u.s. has donated nearly $3 million of humanitarian aid towards relief efforts. the needs are still great: callaghan points to water, sanitation and shelter as the most pressing. over 28,000 people are living in shelters, most run by the military. others are living in parks or makeshift refuges, where aid is harder to come by. its scarcity led to this near- brawl in manta after people outside the neighborhood tried to claim rations. >> fuera! >> reporter: but as it looks towards renewal, ecuador first has to ask some tough questions over why the destruction was so extensive. as municipal employees in the city of portoviejo fly drones to evaluate the damages, they reveal a devastating picture of what went wrong. and that's a lot, says patricio velez, the head of territorial development for the city of portoviejo. >> ( translated ): there was a lot of informality, constructions without permits, people would add on a third floor. it took us by surprise, there

furthermore the state department and usaid will only get $119 million. if we learned anything from ebola, it's that addressing the health threat overseas can be extremely effective. but you give it short shoplift here. -- short is rift here. his is a -- short shrift here. this requires a serious, thoughtful response. one with adequate fund, not a feeble attempt to demonstrate you're trying to do something. now, not only will the g.o.p. obstruction likely prove dire to the health of our neighbors, but there is going to be a huge economic impact as well. currently, pregnant women and men who hope to have a bayry are advised by c.d.c. to avoid traveling to brazil and other areas. what if there's a similar travel advisory for the state of florida? the texas coast? new orleans? charleston? mobile, alabama, all communities that depend on the tourism dollar, from small businesses to large. you're asking for not only a public health emergency but for an economic emergency as well. members this call to action requires actual action. this call to action was made m

the nicaraguan wheelchair project got training and support from usaid and the us peace corps. this help was cut off by the new reagan administration. wheelchair network is here and in nicaragua, has always been tied to the growth of the international disability rights movement. since everyone has equal opportunity to gain a disability. the movement opens lines of communication that are otherwise not allowed. the national disability in south africa was the first and only multiregional group during apartheid allowed to lobby the african legislature. innovations have come from young and old. there we go. paul silva of the us peace corps. this is an ongoing nicaraguan activist group of disabled people. most of them riders of locally made chairs and some of those chairs very old. and some inventions come from people very young and very old. he rearranged his pattern after he was 8 years old and we still take advantage of his great ideas. the greatly improved stability of our chair, notice it is wrong on the chair, a 50% longer wheelbase for the typical chair and the chair that is 1

as i speak, the united states and usaid has a orton programs that support independent media efforts in more than 30 countries. through our safe initiative, we have invited digital and physical security, training to more than 750 journalists worldwide and we are increasing our funding to 2.5 million dollars this year so we can train even more. arere watching -- we launching a program with tools and technologies in southeast asia that would allow them to work safely in places where they are likely to face intimidation and violence. promote dialogue between american and international journalists with tech camps and workshops and fellowships. hope, be made more confident by the notion that we absolutely in 10 to continue to speak out publicly and behind the scenes to defend the rights both generically and with respect to individuals who have been threatened, abducted, or unjustly imprisoned or detained. this applies to print reporters, broadcasters, loggers, photographers, cartoonists and other media workers as well. january, i had the pleasure and privilege of welcoming jason rezaian home

the national institutes for health has the money to develop this vaccine, and it would ensure that usaid has the money they need to build up a global health response to zika. i'm proud to be a cosponsor of the nelson amendment. it would provide the united states as well as pregnant women and many -- in many affected countries with our very best chance of minimizing the damage done by the zika virus. let's not be penny wise and pound foolish. cutting back on this money for pregnant women and running the risk that a baby is born with a lifetime of medical challenges and expenses is no savings. it's a disaster for the family and a disaster for our budget. then comes the second amendment offered by senator cornyn of texas. this is a misguided amendment. i urge my colleagues to defeat it. senator cornyn's amendment would provide a portion of the funding needed to adequately respond to the zika virus. he picked the number $1.1 billion and said let's take the money out of the prevention and public health fund for america, money that is currently being invested to deal with other health challeng

and usaid have $86 billion in unobligated balances right now. there is absolutely no reason $1 billion of that could not be moved in to deal with zika right now, to do the exact same proposal that senator murray and senator blunt have proposed but to actually do it with the unobligated balances. there is no reason that wouldn't occur. $500 million have already been moved over from ebola funding. that would be $1.6 billion moving into to be able to fight zika. the real issue with fighting zika is three simple things. c.d.c. actually tracking the movement so we can stay attentive to it. the second thing is dealing with mosquito population. that is aggressive spraying. and the third thing is working on a vaccine. all three of those things we can do, and all three of those things have already begun. the research has already begun on the vaccine. the mosquito spraying has already begun. and working through the tracking of the movement of the disease has already started. the implication that somehow nothing can start until this body acts is not true.

the work of senator graham and senator leahy includes $248 million for the department of state and usaid to support other affected countries' ability to implement programs to reduce transmission of the virus. this amendment is a targeted response to providing the funding needed through 2017. it includes funding for priority initiatives focused on prevention, control, and treatment. it does not include funding for unessential requests. i hope at the end of the day all members find a way to meet this emergency. i believe the bipartisan amendment that we're offering is the most likely of those -- these amendments to meet the need, certainly in my view is the amendment that has taken the most focus on exactly what is needed to meet this crisis and meet it now. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: mr. president, i would say to the senator from missouri that while this senator is most appreciative, that he and senator murray have come forth in a bipartisan fashion with about half of the funding that this senato

summit with a different presidents of central america and joe biden in the white house and, you know, usaidnd the state department affirmed their commitmtment and even announced increasased commitment to funding energy projects like the dam in honduras when the justice system is absololutely dysfunctitional. therere is no way protectiting people from defendining their basisic rights to their means of livelihood, to their land and there are dozens of projects like this been promoted throughout the country. palm oil production, hydroelectric dams, minines whih are taking away people's access to a way of making a life for themselves and supporting their familieses, which is obviously somethining that t fuels migrgrn anand the need to migrate. and as you mentioned in the introduction o of the program, confirming their commitment to the alliance with prosperity, and, you know, there's this $750 million commitment from the white house. but in addition, $22 billion in investment protected from the development banks. the development banks are funding the ifc, the private sector lending arm of the w

for instance, the department of health and human services, the state department and usaid are required to submit spending plans to congress and we have directed $2 million for g.a.o. and inspector general oversight. the bill reit rates current strong protections against the use of any funds for abortions. the white house request earlier on made none of these oversight efforts, allowing broad transfer authorities across the entire federal government and creating slush funds with virtually no limits. this bill guarantees that every cent goes to address the problem at hand fighting the zika virus. this funding is critical to stop the spread of zika and protect our people both at home and chi at a full and healthy life and every mother deserves to see her child survive. this measure will make this happen in ar responsible way. mr. speaker, with this bill and its passage, the congress will have seen $1.2 billion over the next 4.5 months, the balance of this fiscal year. the administration request of $1.9 billion was for several years. we, in this bill and the earlier transfer of funds from

citizens, the state department, usaid and other government employees we have stationed overseas. we do after all have a responsibility to them. and if the zika virus is not controlled in latin america, the caribbean, you don't have to be a scientist to know that a year from now it likely will be worse than projected but it's also going to be more costly to control. and if we continue to rob ebola funds which are being used for the purposes congress intended, we simply shift the risk from one life threatening disease to another. that makes no sense at all. well, we'll spend this money to stop this disease but not this one. oh, this one is in the news. okay, we'll take it from the first one and take it in the second one. what happens? we have two life threatening diseases instead of none. mr. president, it's time for republicans and democrats, house and senate come together and agree it should be doing whatever is necessary to protect the american people from dangerous, contagious diseases. you can go anywhere in this country, ask anybody, i don't care what party you belong to or n

siberell i have a copy of a report that just came down yesterday from the department of state an usaidstrategy to counteract a violent extremism what are the key parts of this new strategy and why do we believe this is more successful than the past? >> yesterday we did release of the strategy that for the first and the state department we have released such a strategy. it gets to the conclusion that our efforts needs to be a more comprehensive to scale effort to better understand of the radicalization leading to recruitments that enables the group's to identify and track new members despite the fact they offer only misery and death in from those communities that they control although they have had significant success of groups over time in great success through law enforcement efforts and intelligence to attract new followers so this strategy is an acknowledgement that our approach as united states working in partnership needs to be expanding in understanding what drives people to this ideology that these groups propagate and what can be done to address those factors in a more effectiv

and usaid to have transfer authority within their existing accounts to be able to address this. these three agencies currently have $86 billion in what they call unobligated balances from previous years, that they already have right now. $86 billion. with this much money lying around, there is absolutely no need to ask the american people to pay an additional billion dollars on top of the already obligated and overobligated and bloated budget. transfer authority i would ask for would be accompanied by a comprehensive spin plan that requires the administration to detail exactly how it plans to use these funds, then report out any obligations to match up with the original spending plan. before we write a blank check to the administration, i believe the american people should actually know how this is being spent. now, there are some individuals that would say this is an emergency. we just need to add a billion dollars more in debt and figure out how to pay for it later. i would disagree. we have transfer authority, and this is not new. in fact, if you go back to 2009, president ob

look, it's we spend for humanitarian aid, for usaid for diplomatic efforts and compare that to what wee spending on the military side and there is a huge disparity. so we have got to begin to realize our priorities so we are focusing more on prevention than we are on reacting to the situation. >> we have the benefit of unifying geographic commandos in most of the major regions of the world and i think with a little bit of tweaking in the right direction that is not just security but economic development rule of law that you have forward bases already in regions that we want to affect and i think that would be a good way to engage proactively to prevent future conflict. >> thank you. >> senator daines. >> this is a great panel and thank you for being here. americans are the most generous people in the world when it comes to humanitarian aid and contributing to relief efforts that. >> the globe. at the same time and this panel today my fellow colleagues are weighing how best to contribute government resources where the needs are overwhelming. you sit and listen to the needs of the world

i was happy about the state department and usaid unveiling their joint strategy, but i hope we are investing substantively command i said this to secretary johnson. it should not been law enforcement. it should mean other efforts going on empowering local communities, helping to elevate authentic voices and do things that work to counter violent extremism. >> sen., we could not agree more, and that is the ethic that we are frankly executing. it is not our voice that will move the mountain of this challenge but rather the voices in the community. i attended an extraordinary, quite frankly, peer-to-peer challenge where students all over the world competed in developing programs that came from students and were focused on reaching students , facebook was aa critical partner in that endeavor. we are working with technology companies so that they service platforms for these flowers to bloom. we are working with philanthropic organizations, community-based organizations, faith leaders , teachers, schools, parents, peers, and you have identified an extraordinarily powerful voice in those who once w

we have dedicated approximately $250 million to these efforts between the department of state and usaid through issues such as training judges, prosecutors, courtroom personnel, law, law students, over 4,000 have been trained to date through the department of justice is opt at prosecutorial training program. we alsowe also have a number of law school and institutional exchange programs through the american bar association and the number of universities here in the united states. wewe are preparing law enforcement for their new roles in the accusatory we will justice sector, for instance, the department of justice partners in his have trained thousands of law enforcement and crime scene investigations, provided equipment for units and forensics so that mexico can comply with international standards. >> thank you. what i'm getting from you is that there is progress being made, although not everyone will meet the deadline. an optimistic report. that leads me to my final question, which i alluded to in my statement. as we continue to work with the mexican government command that is is criti

we have dedicated approximately $250 million to these efforts between the department state and usaid, through issues such as training judges, prosecutors, courtroom personnel, law students, over 4000 have been trained to the department of justice's prosecutorial training program. we also have a number of law schools and institutional exchange programs like the american bar association and number of universities here in the united states. we are preparing law enforcement for their new role in the accusatory of justice sector. for instance the department of justice partners have trained thousands of law enforcement and crime scene investigations provided equipment for forensics, fingerprinting and other collection so mexico can comply with international standards. >> thank you. what i'm getting from you is that there is progress being made although not everyone will meet the deadline and second optimistic report. that leads me to my final question which i alluded to in my statement. as we continue to work with the mexican government, and that's just critical. we have to work your come t

this version would leave out all individuals who worked with the state department and the usaid, critical parts of our mission in afghanistan. it would leave off all the on-base staff who worked in direct support for the department of defense, people who did construction, firefighters, on-base security, maintenance, administrative support. people whose services were vital and whose service to the united states is well-known and who are at risk. we are hopeful that as this bill comes to the floor that the house will be able to work with us to modify these unnecessary restrictions, to give more time to process and more people to come to safety. e have a moral obligation to protect people who put their lives on the line to support americans in these troubled areas. i would hope that we would once again be able to make necessary scombralmts to be able to try to help more come to safety. i have been working with my good friend, adam kinzinger who represents some of the newer members of the house who actually served in theater who are committed to helping people that they saw help us. our hope

where did all this money that the usaid and others spent on democracy-building and electioneering and how to make this election look? where did it go and what did it produce? >> okay. >> so, let's -- you know, that's how the afghans see it. easy to say that we can blame time, but the afghans saw what happened within the five years that you had to fix the afghan elections after the 2009 travesty, and it wasn't fixed. >> in the time remaining, let's switch gears just slightly, maybe a major shift. by looking at the fact that, as is pointed out here, we don't have a peace process in the wor works, it now seems as if it's post peace process, and we're looking at some of the consequences of that, and one of those seems to be that the bright days of cooperation between pakistan and afghanistan seem far behind us now. the president delivered an address to the parliament just very recently, which although he didn't entirely close the door indicated now that he certainly -- if he hadn't closed it with the taliban, he probably had closed it with pakistan. so relations with pakistan have certain

the narrow of eligibility excludes hundreds of afghans who work for the state department, usaid and u.s. security contractors in a number of capacities, many of whom face well-documented death threats due to their work with our government, regardless that was with front line troops or on an american base. by narrowing the eligibility, it would erode the expectation of hundreds of afghan staff whose lives remain in danger because of the work to the mission and hire and retain qualified afghan staff in the future who are essential to achieving our diplomatic and assistance goals. the least we can do is offer them a chance to stay alive, to keep living, rather than abandoning them to the enemies they want to destroy. one of the things i was proud of an infantry officer, we never let our enemies -- i urge your support on the floor and falling through on our commitment -- following through on our commitment to our afghan partners. i also want to comment on the fact that the chairman of the committee and i worked to resolve some differences that we had on understanding the concerns of our dip

narrowing of eligibility intentionally excludes hundreds of afghans who worked for the state department, usaid and u.s. security contractors in a number of capacities. many of whom face well-documented death threats due to their work with our government. regardless of whether that was with front line troops or on an american base. by narrowing eligibility, the program would erode the expectations of hundreds of afghan staff whose lives remain in danger because of their work for the u.s. mission and also make it more difficult to hire and retain qualified afghan staff who are essential to us achieving our diplomatic and assistance goals. for that risk and sacrifice, the very least we can do is offer them a chance to stay alive, to keep living rather than abandoning them to the same enemies that united with us to destroy. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized. mr. byrne: mr. speaker, i appreciate my colleague from massachusetts and all the points that he's made. indeed, there were a number of bipartisan amendments that were added

floor partisan legislation that will not adequately meet the needs of the c.d.c., of the n.i.h., of usaid and other governmental agencies that are on the front lines responding to this crisis. and let me close, mr. speaker, by saying i have great respect for the gentleman from oklahoma, and, you know, when he says that, you know, he intends to support every effort make sure that adequate funding is available, approximate i thought this whole decision was -- if i thought this whole decision was up to him alone i don't think i would be as nervous as i am at this particular point, but his party that's in control has shut this government down. we have seen them lurch from one crisis to another crisis and underfund one priority to another priority. frankly, i don't trust -- i don't trust the people who are running this house to do the right thing, to be able to get a majority of their majority to go along with providing the appropriate funding. and, yes, we all want to be fiscally responsible, but let me tell you this. if all you're worried about is the bottom line and that is the cost, by not

i'm also pleased that the united states agency for international development, usaid is working with unicef to develop and implement communication campaigns and community mobilization for behavioral change related to personal protection against mosquitoes as well as community-based mosquito mitigation elimination efforts currently referred to as investigator -- vector controls. they're also partnering with the world health organization, the panama health organization to monitor vector control programs. in addition to providing personal protection commodities, usaid is also working closely with the international health partners to develop and adopt guidelines for addressing zika in at risk populations, particularly pregnant women. this is just a fraction of what our zika response looks like. i would be here much longer if i were to go through every day tail of what our agencies are doing to respond to the threat. suffice it to say that this is an all hands on deck emergency. and we cannot implement and sustain an adequate response without fully funding the president's request. more than two

usaid is sitting on $is.2 billion -- $1.2 billion in unobligated ebola funds. the office of the assistant secretary for preparedness and response currently has $347 million not being put to use, and there is $525 million in c.d.c.'s global health agenda that is unspoken for to the extent the zika virus is truly an emergency, one that deserves the federal government's attention, we already have more than enough unused emergency funds to pay for the fight against this emerging threat. yesterday my colleague, the distinguished junior senator from oklahoma, senator lankford, illustrated that this administration has tens of billions of dollars in unobligated discretionary funds to pay for this as well. what we should not do, however, is allow the zika virus to be yet anotherexcuse to run you the national debt so appropriators can come back and use unspent emergency money on nonemergency parochial priorities at some later date. the entire emergency spending label is perhaps to some a little bit misleading. it does not mean that the money gets spent any faster. all it

they have an annual strategy review meeting for tcm's from across africa and usaid, mission directors are invited to come. i'm fair. my colleague is there as well and we look across the board at what they planning to do and look what they are planning to do in the context of our missions program in terms of her strategy. so we do work closely with them. our ambassadors have veto power on any actions they are taking, and the programs they are doing in general if there's any disagreement coverage wherever a precursor night for us out between ourselves. we are very much in sync with them. we wish we had that $10 billion to program on the continent of africa that do different things you have the money so we went out to channel that money to places where will make a difference on the continent as we work to fight security in terrorism together. $10 billion would be a huge contribution to democracy and governance. i described my government funding as scraping a mayonnaise jar to get just enough to do the job that we have to do. >> tell me how much you have in democracy and governance? >> th