Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  We will do everything we can to help any nation, including China, move in the right direction to be a good player in a multilateral world. I think we all can improve and do better.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I've been in Sudan and South Sudan at least three times in the last couple of months, and it is a very delicate situation, but a remarkable opportunity. I contact Hamdok through WhatsApp literally several times per week to help him and leadership work through a maze of issues that have compounded the future because of the past.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  That's extremely important. When I arrived at the United Nations, one of the first meetings of the first week was one of these drawn out, long meetings, and my first experience. I actually walked out after about six hours and told the Secretary-General, “You have to fire me. I'm not sitting through any more of that kind of stuff again.”

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Well, we appreciate that more than you know. I think it's a very delicate time right now. I'm very worried about the next six months.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  We're actually looking at several hundred million people displaced over the next 30 years. I have those specific numbers in terms of our analysis with the climate extremes that are continuing to take place on a much more routine basis than they were before. I've explained to some of my friends who have questions about the climate changing.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, thank you.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Last September, when I did a suspension in the Houthi-controlled areas, it was mean. It took about a week or two, and they came around, but it was tough. It's a hard decision to make. It is. It's hard.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. One of the things that helps us in long-term planning is multi-year flexible funding. As you can imagine, if you're running any kind of program anywhere and you know you only have money for a year, you wonder how you can have long-term planning. How do you develop the programs and put the people and the systems you need in place?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Have you ever heard of the program called 60 Minutes? It is probably the most impactful documentary program in North America. A guy named Scott Pelley is a commentator. Scott was doing an interview with me. It was a 30-minute program just on Yemen. I had known Scott. He had known me as a United States governor.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I understand it a little.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I understand your question. In Yemen, there's a classic example of a catastrophe, in terms of monitoring and assessment. In places where we have the authority, the independence and the neutrality to operate, we can pretty much guarantee all of our food and assistance goes to the right people.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  When it comes to Ebola, for example, we're the containment mechanism, and we work with the WHO. Containment here is going to be much more difficult. I don't know how you're going to contain it. What we're concerned about, as I was saying earlier, is the supply chain. It remains to be seen.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Let me add one comment, if you don't mind, Mr. Chairman.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Some of the new technology we're using is software, allowing us to acquire.... We now have a system that's unbelievable in terms of identifying products around locations that we otherwise couldn't have access to. It's saving us money, saving us time, and it's allowing us to move supplies at a much quicker pace.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I've had a long history of relationships at the White House, as well as in the Senate and the House. Having been a United States governor, I served with many of them, and many of them are my Republican and Democrat friends. When Trump got elected, everyone was mortified that he was going to zero-out international aid.