Let us come together for the sense of our strategic competition with the PRC.

We should be providing an alternative to the infrastructure development that the PRC offers.

I think it is really important that we are clear, and I think we have been. In Congress there is bipartisan opposition to what is happening in Georgia.

I actually share very much what Senator Risch said here.

It is particularly hard to understand why the government is taking this approach, given how much of their territory is being occupied by Russia.

Let us complete the task. Let us get it done.

Instead, it upended European policy toward Russia and its attitudes toward the rest of the world.

We are drawing a line right now in Ukraine as we should because they are trying to really take over the entire country.

That means we are not playing on a level playing field.

Yes, please go ahead.

Putin thought Kyiv would fall in a day, but today much of Ukraine is still standing strong in the face of Putin's disillusional imperial campaign.

I think $30 billion was dedicated to buy things made in the U.S.

I want to praise the effort of Members of Congress to get out there and deliver the message that on a bipartisan matter long time friends of Georgia believe this is the wrong path.

Well, I appreciate that. I think anything that we can do to encourage him to behave in a way that is more helpful to the central government and the people of the country would be positive.

Earlier this year Congress passed the $95 billion national security supplemental--$95 billion-plus. It passed with strong bipartisan support, and much of the funding is critical to supporting Ukraine to defend itself.

The only way we are going to get to the finish line is if we generally work together, listen to each other, are willing to compromise.

It should be clear to the governing party in Georgia that there is a path back, that having free and fair elections without violence against civil society.

We have already postponed a major military exercise, and we will continue to review what we are doing as opportunities arise.