I don't mean to pick on Collin O'Mara, but I am going to ask you maybe one more, Collin.

Right now, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act is, I think, a good piece of legislation.

As our colleagues have oftentimes heard me say, things that are worth having are worth paying for.

Thank you for making sure that investments in endangered species are part of the Build Back Better Act.

The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, which this Committee successfully reauthorized, I think, about 2 years ago in 2019, is one of the most popular Federal programs for working with landowners to conserve wildlife.

Joseph Biden for his part emphasized the allegedly threatening nature of movements of Russian troops near the Ukrainian borders and outlined sanctions measures that the United States and its allies would be ready to apply in the event of a…

As we see with COVID-19 and the Delta variant, and now with Omicron variant, all that emerged elsewhere. It all came from somewhere else. And to beat this pandemic, we need to go to where it came from in the rest of the world. We also need…

We have a moral obligation and a legal obligation to our NATO allies if they were to attack under Article 5, it's a sacred obligation. That obligation does not extend to NATO, I mean to Ukraine. If in fact, he invades Ukraine, there will…

I will look you in the eye and tell you -- things we did not do in 2014 we are prepared to do now.

I don’t see this as being about the business of the presidency, so we don’t need to protect it.

Biden warned Russia's autocratic leader that he would do what needed to be done to protect our allies in the region.

What we need to do is speak with one voice as an administration, as a Congress, as a government, and work with allies and partners in the region as well on this issue.

I think bipartisanship in this hearing and in the actions of members of this committee and in partnership with the Administration has been a long and a critical part of our work together.

I have visited Taiwan twice in recent years, coordinating with the Trump administration and the Biden administration before doing so, and I went on a bipartisan trip just a few months ago to deliver vaccines.

The Federal Government is running a deficit in the current year of almost $3 trillion, which is just, maybe except for wartime, it is just unheard of.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 2 minutes, if I may. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I applaud the leadership provided for us by Senators Heinrich and Blunt and those who joined them in this cause.

The Minsk Agreements offer the best basis for negotiations and the U.S. is prepared to support a revived effort if the parties welcome that.