Thanks, Chairman Sanders, thanks to the panel.
When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, we did not have an ambassador in Egypt.
It seems like a big issue to me.
I'm going to be in Appalachian, Virginia tomorrow visiting the Allegheny Highlands Dental Center.
Other nations do that and they have much better health outcome than we do.
When the security situation in Haiti spiraled downward, we had no ambassador in place.
We had no ambassador in country. That coup has led to a government that now wants to kick the U.S. out.
Holding up a nominee, particularly a career nominee for reasons unrelated to that individual's qualifications is something that needs to end...
We need our diplomats out and development experts out in the field showing up, actively engaged, representing the United States.
When the Houthis started to fire at U.S. and other ships in the Red Sea, we did not have an ambassador in Djibouti.
if somebody on the Senate is holding you up, and it is secret, you do not even have the ability to...
the Senate holds on ambassadorial nominees are harming our national interest.
Is there not also kind of an informal power that comes in the reverse if you do not have a confirmed nominee?
if we mattered to you, you would have someone here, right?
