This is not only a difficult challenge, but an existential one as well.

I appreciate your enthusiastic condemnation of the despicable and anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.

I firmly reject the BDS movement, which unfairly singles out Israel.

Before any sort of normalization with Cuba takes place, there must be signs that the Diaz-Canel regime is adhering to long-established benchmarks for democratic governance, respect for human rights, and fundamental freedoms.

If confirmed, I will protect the hard-fought gains of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.

There is no value that defines us more as Americans than the rights of free people to determine the course of their own lives.

the authoritarian, anti-democratic impulse is resurgent in the world.

Credible ballot counting will be essential.

Yes, if confirmed there is nothing I take more seriously than the health and security of the people who will be working with me.

I think providing security assistance is the right thing to do for not only Israel and the Palestinians but for the Americans as well.

U.S.-Mexico security cooperation remains a top national security priority, and neither country can successfully confront transnational organized crime alone.

I have been impressed with the French Government's support for democracies in the Eastern Mediterranean like Greece, Cyprus and Israel.

A yes or no would suffice. But I will yours as saying no.

I welcome European efforts to strengthen European defense that would enhance Transatlantic security.

I am especially grateful to be joined by Senator Toomey. We do not always appear together on big issues.

NATO is the world's most successful political and military alliance in the history of the planet.

I share the concerns expressed by the Biden-Harris administration and members of Congress regarding the undermining of democratic institutions in Poland and Hungary.

If confirmed, I will continue spotlighting Russia's failures to uphold its freely made commitments on human rights, rule of law, and democracy.