Congratulations on all your nominations. I know all of you have a distinguished history of public service.

This hearing on nominations of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order.

Yes, if confirmed I will do everything possible to ensure that employees who report a possible AHI receive immediate and appropriate attention and care.

I believe the IAEA is highly credible in the implementation of its verification 'watchdog' mission and it is in the U.S. interest that it remain so.

As a Senator I made protection of the environment a priority, from championing the Thirty-by-Thirty proposal to conserve 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030, to passing the landmark bipartisan Frank Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act.

Our futures are inextricably bound together as two nations, as people that have a very common heritage.

I share your concerns about the human rights situation in Egypt. If confirmed, I will communicate U.S. expectations to the Government of Egypt of tangible and sustained progress on improving its human rights record.

The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is a Russian geopolitical project that undercuts the energy security of a significant part of the Euro-Atlantic community.

I do not think I have to remind members of this committee, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, about the importance of our relationship with Canada.

President Barrow's recent comments about closing down space for the opposition to operate are troubling.

Well, I am all for preventing the possibility of a ransomware attack, but I am not for sacrificing our sanctions ability for the essence of protecting ransomware victims.

I have been actively following Venezuela, Russia, and other countries' interests in developing virtual currencies for the explicit purpose of evading U.S. sanctions.

As cryptocurrencies become more commonplace we can all agree that we will begin to see more widespread adoption of crypto as a form of payment in physical retail outlets.

Members of this committee have been clear that the United States cannot challenge all the threats in the region alone.

I expressed disappointment about FERC's failure to account for greenhouse gas emissions in the pipeline review process.

I hope FERC does more to address the appropriate scope of pipeline's eminent domain authority.

I firmly oppose the BDS movement.

Recent extreme weather events in Texas, California, and the Pacific Northwest dramatically illustrate that the climate crisis is here and only will get worse if we do not act.