美国国务院发言人普赖斯以及代理常务副国务卿约翰·巴斯大使表示……

2023年3月9日，华盛顿D.C.美国国务院，安东尼·布林肯国务卿顺路来到新闻发布厅，感谢即将卸任的美国国务院发言人内德·普赖斯。[国务院官方照片， Chuck Kennedy拍摄/Public Domain]

2023年3月9日，华盛顿D.C.美国国务院，安东尼·布林肯国务卿顺路来到新闻发布厅，感谢即将卸任的美国国务院发言人内德·普赖斯。[国务院官方照片， Chuck Kennedy拍摄/Public Domain]

负责管理和资源的代理常务副国务卿约翰·巴斯（John Bass）大使讲话（屏幕截图）

美国国务院发言人内德·普赖斯以及负责管理和资源的代理常务副国务卿约翰·巴斯大使表示……

在3月9日于华盛顿D.C.举行的一场美国国务院新闻发布会上，发言人内德·普赖斯请到了负责管理和资源的代理常务副国务卿约翰·巴斯（John Bass）大使向媒体介绍美国国务院和美国国际发展署（USAID）2024财年预算案，并回答问题。

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普赖斯先生：[...]我很高兴向大家介绍约翰·巴斯大使——他是负责管理和资源的代理常务副国务卿；还有我们的同事帕洛玛·亚当斯-艾伦（Paloma Adams-Allen），她是美国国际发展署负责管理和资源的副署长。他们两位将就美国国务院和美国国际发展署2024财年预算案做开场讲话。[...]

副国务卿巴斯：[...]总统2024财年预算案要求为美国国务院和美国国际发展署提供631亿美元，比国会在2023财年批准给可比的国务院和国际发展署项目的资金增加了49亿美元，这是大约9%的增幅。我们非常感谢国会的支持和伙伴关系，为美国国务院和美国国际发展署提供资源以便迎难而上，直面当下时刻。

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首先，正如你们经常听到国务卿所说的，我们应对中华人民共和国带来的代际挑战的方针重点在于投资我们自身在国内的能力，协同我们的努力以及盟友和伙伴的努力，并在利益和价值观有差异的地方与中华人民共和国竞争。

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第二项优先要务是确保我们在支持乌克兰政府和乌克兰人民的同时继续推进我们的关键工作，作为政府更广泛努力的一部分，来确保俄罗斯入侵乌克兰仍然是战略失败。2024财年预算将推进这一承诺，同时促进监督和问责，以确保纳税人资源得到恰当的使用和记录。

第三，我们正在调动和投入更多资源以应对共同的全球挑战，包括经济挑战、能源挑战、粮食安全、健康安全、气候危机以及非正规移民等其他不分国界的挑战。我们将继续共同努力，支持其他民主体，并打造韧性以抵御专制政权破坏民主国家和民主规范的企图。

第四，预算将继续努力确保在数字和新兴技术领域中美国的利益和价值观得到保护，包括通过芯片国际技术安全创新基金（CHIPS International Technology Security Innovation Fund），对此我们感谢国会在五年内为我们提供5亿美元以增强国务院的力量，从而与我们的伙伴及盟友共同努力确保我们关键的半导体供应链的安全并扩大这些供应链，同时促进使用可信赖的电信架构和技术。

第五，我们将继续落实国务卿有雄心壮志的议程，来实现美国外交和我们在全球的外交行动的现代化，确保我们有能力应对挑战，并在未来数年把握住我们面前的机会。

此次新闻发布会全文：

https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-march-9-2023/

U.S. State Department Spokesperson Ned Price AND Acting Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Ambassador John Bass Say...

At a U.S. State Department Press Briefing in Washington, D.C. on March 9, Spokesperson Ned Price introduced Acting Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Ambassador John Bass to brief the media and field questions on the FY 2024 budget request for the Department of State and USAID.

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MR PRICE: [...] I am very pleased to introduce to you Ambassador John Bass – he, of course, is the Acting Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources; and our colleague Paloma Adams-Allen – she is the USAID Deputy Administrator for Management and Resources. Both will offer some opening remarks on the FY 2024 budget request for Department of State and USAID.[...] 

UNDER SECRETARY BASS: [...] The President’s FY 2024 budget request requests $63.1 billion for State and USAID. This is a $4.9 billion increase, roughly 9 percent increase, above what Congress enacted for comparable State and AID programs in Fiscal Year ’23. And we deeply appreciate the support and partnership from Congress in resourcing this department and USAID to meet the moment that we face. 

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First, as you have heard so often from the Secretary, our approach towards the generational challenge posed by the PRC focuses on investing in our own domestic capabilities, aligning our efforts with those of allies and partners, and competing with the PRC where interests and values differ.

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The second priority is to ensure that we continue to carry forward our pivotal work as part of the broader administration efforts to ensure that Russia’s aggression in Ukraine remains a strategic failure, while supporting the Ukrainian Government and the people of Ukraine. The FY24 budget will advance that commitment while promoting oversight and accountability to ensure taxpayer resources are appropriately spent and accounted for. 

Third, we are mobilizing and enhancing resources to address shared global challenges, including economic challenges, energy challenges, food security, health security, the climate crisis, and other challenges that defy national borders such as irregular migration. And we will continue to work together to shore up fellow democracies and build resilience against authoritarians’ efforts to undermine democratic states and democratic norms. 

Fourth, the budget will continue our work to ensure U.S. interests and values are protected in the digital and emerging technology sector, including through the CHIPS International Technology Security Innovation Fund, for which we are grateful to Congress for providing us with $500 million over five years to empower the department to work with our partners and allies in securing and expanding our crucial semiconductor supply chains and promoting the adoption of trustworthy telecom architecture and technologies. 

Fifth, we will continue the Secretary’s ambitious agenda to modernize American diplomacy and our diplomatic operations globally to ensure we’re equipped to address the challenges and seize the opportunities presented to us in the coming years. 

For full transcripts of this press release: https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-march-9-2023/