[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7595-S7596]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      NOMINATION OF ISOBEL COLEMAN

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam President, I rise today to express my 
enthusiastic support for the nomination of Ambassador Isobel Coleman to 
be Deputy Administrator for Policy and Programming at the United States 
Agency for International Development.
  As the world faces mounting challenges--from climate change, the 
COVID-19 pandemic, forced migration spurred by conflict, lack of 
economic opportunity, and growing food insecurity, to the emergence of 
antidemocratic and authoritarian leaders--USAID's work is critically 
important to the U.S. national security and global stability.
  I am pleased to be supporting Ambassador Coleman's nomination, and I 
am confident that her extensive development experience and her years of 
distinguished public service, including at the United Nations, serving 
with Administrator Power, provide her with the type of background and 
knowledge required to address the challenges ahead, if confirmed. She 
is a well-known and trusted foreign affairs professional, and I am 
confident she will execute her duties with distinction.

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  The fact that Ambassador Coleman's nomination, someone whose 
leadership is so essential, has languished on the Senate floor for 
almost 3 months is a travesty.
  I urge my colleagues to support her nomination and make sure that 
this critical position is filled without further delay.

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