I am pleased to strongly support his nomination, and I urge the committee to do so as well.

If you would just share with me, briefly, what lessons from your service as ambassador to Croatia would you bring to PRM...

If we really believe in the importance of NATO, if we really believe in the importance of NORAD, we have to invest appropriately.

I thank Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee for her leadership and the things that she does to protect all of us across the country, not just in her district but across the country. We are greatly indebted to her for her service. The…

I think that is urgent work and I look forward to working with the chairman to ensure that the resources for that are available.

I remember when I was new in the Senate, presiding over the Senate, and Mike Enzi got recognition and started speaking.

I really encourage the Senate Finance Committee and others in the Senate and in Congress to really help push the U.S. to do better in our own areas.

Yet at the same time, the international instrument that at least my Bureau is responsible for, the Biological Weapons Convention, is the least institutionalized, least developed, and in many ways least significant of the many…

China has expanded its influence not just in the Indo-Pacific but in Europe, investing in infrastructure, heightening its emphasis on the Arctic, targeting countries in Eastern, Central, and Western Europe with disinformation campaigns.

protecting the air, protecting the water, the land that we all share is of the utmost priority to me and the members of our committee.

Thank you for setting the record straight about both the bipartisan support for the Abraham Accords here and the ways in which the State Department continues to advocate for their full implementation.

I look forward to partnering with you and figuring out how we can more fully implement them.

Until the region says unequivocally they acknowledge the right of Israel to exist as an independent Jewish state, there will be no peace.

I am not going to place conditions for the security assistance given the serious threats that Israel is facing, and this would be, I think, irresponsible.

the COVID-19 pandemic right now is a wake-up call, and this is an area I have been very concerned about for many, many years.

I want to first applaud the Commission for finally taking the step to establish the Office of Public Participation.

If you’re not vaccinating, you’re not nearly as smart as I thought you were.

I believe trade policy is one of the best tools to protect our environment and work with our allies on shared environmental goals.