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I look forward to working with you, Senator Wyden, as we move forward.

I know this was a long day for you, and we appreciate the fact that you are willing to serve.

What Putin has seen is the President mobilizing the international community both in support of Ukraine and to isolate Russia for its actions in Ukraine, and Russia is paying a clear cost for that.

Mr. Blinken unqualified, but he is, I believe, a threat to the traditional interests and values.

When I tell my colleagues, when I tell my fellow citizens that we will not supply the Ukraine people with defensive weapons, they don't believe me.

I believe history will hold this administration accountable.

Endorsing the responsibility to protect is one thing; acting on it is another.

It is heartbreaking and it is tragic and it will go down in American history as one of the most shameful chapters because of our failure and the President's personal decision not to arm the Free Syrian Army when all of his key national…

I think about standing up to China, and I think that from what I have heard today that you would be interested in engaging on that issue even more, particularly as it relates to human rights and the Uighurs and other ethnic minorities and…

I have got lots of interest in this issue of disinformation and propaganda and how we push back against it. I think it is kind of the new warfare of the 21st century.

But compare that to China, which, according to a hearing that Senator Booker and I had on combating disinformation recently, China spends over $10 billion a year in state-sponsored disinformation operations.

I, along with my committee colleagues, pressed the WHO to launch an independent interim review of its response to the outbreak.

A policy of containment rather than appeasement is the only approach that will be successful.

I think it is good that we are moving quickly with some of the key appointments including secretary of state but also secretary of defense, homeland security, director of DNI, Treasury, all important roles, and I hope we can get these…

I look forward to working with him and with the committee as we move legislation forward.

China is a strategic and global competitor of the United States and the Chinese Communist Party routinely engages in economic coercion.

It is an American issue. I know Senator Menendez has strong concerns in this regard also and I hope we will work together.

But if we are going to have the support of the United States, it cannot just be one branch of government.