Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I can't give you the exact number of silos and other holding facilities that have been destroyed. We're actually trying to evaluate and receive that data as we speak because it's extremely important, but that has occurred. That's number one. Number two, obviously, where there's active combat, our ability to move supplies is severely restricted.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No. I've talked with them on the phone and they will hopefully respond back pretty quickly. We've got multiple avenues and we're pushing.... For example, we'll be moving a ship to Mariupol to be able to move ready rations into Mariupol. We're going to be testing every avenue that we can.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  One thing that we believe is essential, particularly in areas that have been impacted by climate change, like in the Sahel where the Sahara is moving down about a kilometre per year with all the droughts and the lack of rain, is to rehabilitate the land when the donors give us the flexibility—instead of just handing out food, but actually helping work with the beneficiaries.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much. I've been there already three times, and I'll be back there next week. As I was saying earlier, the Ukrainians who have made it to the border, as sad as that is, are the very fortunate ones in many ways. As I stood there looking at the lines, I saw that most of the people in the lines were women with their little children.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  COVID has devastated our work around the world. Let me just explain that very clearly. Pre-COVID, we had 135 million people in IPC 3, 4 and 5. In simple terms, that's not chronic hunger. That's a whole different number. The chronic hunger went from 650 million to 810 million people.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, that would be great. Let me touch on this real quick. Last year alone, more people displaced were by climate change than by any other factor. It was the first time ever in history. There were 30 million additional people displaced because of climate alone last year. We're seeing more droughts, more flash flooding and more shocks than in any time period we've ever seen.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I appreciate your mentioning Heather. I didn't want to single her out, but she has been such a great voice for the hungry around the world. Yemen is a very difficult situation. We've just come out of the field with a new survey indicating the number of people who are in really serious trouble.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. It's great to be with you again. I always like to be there in person, of course, but with the virtual world and how many crises we have going on, I think we're all over the place, spread thinly, quite frankly. Let me get to the point. Before Ukraine hit, we were already facing a perfect storm of conflict, climate and the economic impacts from COVID.

Foreign Affairs committee  Quite frankly, there is 400 trillion dollars' worth of wealth in the world today, on earth, and it's heartbreaking that any child would go to bed hungry. There are plenty of resources. We have enough food to feed the world, but man-made conflict is our biggest problem right now.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, but we've worked through it. We've had a lot of difficult scenarios in a lot of different countries. A lot of times, a health minister will make a decision not realizing the impact. We come in quickly and explain it, and usually we get it worked out, but it's rippling around the globe as we speak, and it's not done yet.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, this is the kind of thing that you could talk about for an hour, case by case by case. When I talk about 135 million people on the brink of starvation going to 270 million, literally we can break that down on a per country basis and why and the impact it's having, not just in refugee camps but also on internally displaced people.

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, it depends on where you're talking about. For example, if we are delivering to the Syrian war zone, it's more costly to enter and deliver in a war zone. Because of COVID, for example, the airline industry pretty much shut down in so many of the places we deliver to, so you can imagine....

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. A very special thank you for.... The Nobel Peace Prize was quite a surprise. I was in the middle of Niger when this happened, and I had literally al Qaeda above us and ISIS below us, and we were working on access issues. As you can imagine, it was a very tense environment.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  That's an interesting question. I need to be careful how I answer this thing. China gives us a small amount of money. We're making the case to them that if they want to be in the multilateral world, they need to step up more. We're hopeful that they will. I think they've seen mistakes made in their past and I think they're trying to move in the right direction.