I think the notion that that regime was a decaffeinated dictatorship is no longer the case.

It is not 25 percent. It is not a third. It is not a half. It is 1 percent.

I think that it is a bit of a shake-up, but in an organization that needs a shake-up every hundred years or so.

thank you for Grand Staircase Escalante and for Bears Ears.

I would be happy to talk with you a little bit about Grand Staircase Escalante.

Work on those tools as soon as possible, please.

We have an epidemic here with regard to the opioids. I think we are owed a clear answer.

I believe you are trying to thread a needle. I really do.

I don't think any other person who was running for office would have had the courage to do what he did.

We want to haul Cambridge Analytica in to answer these questions at a separate hearing.

The one thing they all have in common is authoritarianism in some way, shape, or form.

I completely reject that view, but it is one that is being effectively promoted.

That is where we get a lot of complaints from American companies seeking to do work in the region.

They point to our model and say, 'It is dysfunctional.'

The United States does have a very potent power of example.

The hearing of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues will come to order.

This is a hearing that is timely, and it comes at a critical moment for the region.

I really do believe that the administration's decision on TPS is going to make that even more challenging.