"We had no ambassador in country."
"It seems like a big issue to me."
"We need our diplomats out and development experts out in the field showing up, actively engaged, representing the United States."
"Other nations do that and they have much better health outcome than we do."
"Thanks, Chairman Sanders, thanks to the panel."
"I'm going to be in Appalachian, Virginia tomorrow visiting the Allegheny Highlands Dental Center."
"Is there not also kind of an informal power that comes in the reverse if you do not have a confirmed nominee? The country believes, wow, we must not be that important in the United States."
"I appreciate your service, your testimony, and thanks Mr. Chairman."
"Your confirmation gives those candidates a different level of standing. They show up with a letter from the President that they present to the head of state, gives them a different level of understand..."
"the Senate holds on ambassadorial nominees are harming our national interest."
"I want to thank you for your work on Remote Access Medical."
"if somebody on the Senate is holding you up, and it is secret, you do not even have the ability to..."
"I do think it is a good template for how we can become more interoperable with our allies."
"I do have a bill, the Blue Ridge Safety Act, which would more clearly grant you the authority to issue one permit a year in cases where there was an emergency."
"It is very dangerous to rely on sources like that."
"if we don't get ahead of climate change it is a national security imperative."
"China remains the most active and persistent cyberthreat to U.S. Government, private sector, and critical infrastructure networks."
"The Chinese Communist Party poses a significant threat to the safety and economic prosperity of the United States."
