Chairman Rohrabacher on the hearing: "This annual budget review hearing will provide a crucial opportunity to review State and USAID's budget proposals in the geographical jurisdiction of the Subcommittee. It is our duty as Members of the Subcommittee to ensure that U.S. spending in Europe and Central Asia is aligned with U.S. national interests, in general, and the President's National Security Strategy, in particular. I welcome the testimony of our State and USAID officials to justify to Congress the Administration's request for $37.8 billion for the FY2019 international affairs budget."