STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2017 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS KAY GRANGER, Texas, Chairwoman MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida NITA M. LOWEY, New York CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania BARBARA LEE, California ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida C.A.DUTCHRUPPERSBERGER,Maryland THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska JOSE´ E. SERRANO, New York CHRIS STEWART, Utah NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Rogers, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mrs. Lowey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. ANNE MARIE CHOTVACS, CRAIG HIGGINS, ALICE HOGANS, SUSAN ADAMS, DAVID BORTNICK, and CLELIA ALVARADO, Staff Assistants PART 4 WRITTEN TESTIMONY FROM OUTSIDE WITNESSES ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 21–439 WASHINGTON: 2016 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky, Chairman RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey NITA M. LOWEY, New York ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio KAY GRANGER, Texas PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho JOSE´ E. SERRANO, New York JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas ROSA L. DELAURO, Connecticut ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina JOHN R. CARTER, Texas LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California KEN CALVERT, California SAM FARR, California TOM COLE, Oklahoma CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., Georgia CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania BARBARA LEE, California TOM GRAVES, Georgia MICHAEL M. HONDA, California KEVIN YODER, Kansas BETTY MCCOLLUM, Minnesota STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas STEVE ISRAEL, New York JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska TIM RYAN, Ohio THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida C.A.DUTCHRUPPERSBERGER,Maryland CHARLES J. FLEISCHMANN, Tennessee DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER, Washington HENRY CUELLAR, Texas DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio CHELLIE PINGREE, Maine DAVID G. VALADAO, California MIKE QUIGLEY, Illinois ANDY HARRIS, Maryland DEREK KILMER, Washington MARTHA ROBY, Alabama MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada CHRIS STEWART, Utah E. SCOTT RIGELL, Virginia DAVID W. JOLLY, Florida DAVID YOUNG, Iowa EVAN H. JENKINS, West Virginia STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi WILLIAM E. SMITH, Clerk and Staff Director (II) (1) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8