00:00 Distinguished members of the Appropriations Committee, thank you for this opportunity to testify before you today.
00:06 [Unintelligible]
00:34 Nice that people feel very passionately, but I ask that we have order in this hearing room and respect our speakers.
00:40 We will move forward with the hearing.
00:42 In the face of Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
00:44 Not in the face of an intensifying strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific and around the world.
00:49 [Unintelligible]
00:52 If the witness will suspend, and I ask that everyone again respect this hearing, we will suspend until the room is clear.
01:00 This senator is calling for a ceasefire. Shame on you all.
01:05 The world is calling for a ceasefire.
01:08 The American people don't want to support this brutal war.
01:13 Stop the war. Stop the ceasefire now.
01:17 Stop funding this brutal massacre that Israel is doing on the people of Gaza.
01:25 Ceasefire now. Ceasefire now. Ceasefire now.
01:30 Because in this mission, as in so much that we do to advance America's national security,
01:35 our defense, our diplomacy, our development must work hand in hand.
01:40 [Unintelligible]
01:44 Committee will suspend, and again, I appreciate that people feel passionately about these issues.
01:50 I would ask that you respect our witnesses and our committee members and allow the American people to hear their testimony.
01:56 We will pause until the room is clear.
01:58 3,500 people in Gaza. 3,500 kids dead.
02:05 Come on, I'm an army colonel, I'm a former diplomat, I resigned on that war in Iraq that you talked about.
02:11 That was a terrible thing, and what we're doing right now in supporting Israel's genocide of Gaza is a terrible thing too.
02:20 I know that several--
02:22 Palestinians aren't animals. Stop funding this brutal massacre.
02:27 Committee will suspend, and I again ask that those in the audience respect the people in the room and allow us to continue the hearing.
02:33 The hearing will suspend until the disruption is removed.
02:37 Ceasefire now. Ceasefire now. Ceasefire now. Ceasefire now.
02:45 Demilitarize the border. People are not animals.
02:50 Let them be at the table. Why aren't they at the table? Ceasefire now. I beg you, ceasefire now.
03:01 From Palestine to Mexico, all the walls have got to go.
03:29 (Crowd chanting) Cease fire now! Cease fire now! Cease fire now!
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