prior to the August recess, I, along with Senator Murphy, asked unanimous consent to confirm almost 30--30-- highly qualified Foreign Affairs and Development nominees who were languishing on the Senate floor. I noted then the danger of…

I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all without any intervening action or debate; that no further motions be in order to the nomination; that any statements related to the…

it is unfortunate that this last nominee is objected to. This particular position--we are talking about Haiti. We are talking about having an Assistant Administrator that can help us restore the tragic situation in Haiti to a place in…

The execution of the U.S. withdrawal was clearly and fatally flawed.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 323, Marcela Escobari to be Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and that the Senate vote on the nomination…

We are a great nation, and this is a reflection of those words on the Statue of Liberty.

It is a strategic situation. We know we control significant resources the Afghan Government has been relying on to run basic services.

I will tell you, our enemies are emboldened, and our allies are enraged.

I would like to see, if we are going to help Afghanistan with food and aid, that we extract certain commitments from them before we just give them food.

Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for being with us for the third time.

So at best, I would say they were misled.

Will you work to try to proactively contact these people to get them visas either to the United States or visas that we can encourage third countries to give them?

We made the right decision in ending America's longest war.

There were 15 other counties in New Jersey and we are in there fighting on behalf of any of those other counties that we're impacted.

We are in there fighting on behalf of any of those other counties that we're impacted.

The United States cannot trust the Taliban with Americans' Security.

It’s very humbling dealing with this pandemic. Every time you think you’ve figured it out, it takes a turn that you don’t expect. But, and this is the big but, the miracle drug is in our midst, and that is the vaccine.

I think this lands very much closer to your flu model, where it’s going to be with us. At some interval, we’ll take a booster. I don’t think anyone knows what that interval looks like. Sadly, people will get sick and some will die. But we…