yes, seizure of private companies is not a good way to attract investment.

I still think it falls so far below the hurdle that I do not think that warranted a passing grade.

The greatest strength that you and our President have shown is in building our alliances in the Indo-Pacific.

the punishment of noncombatant civilians, the killing of aid workers, the ransacking of humanitarian aid convoys with the idea of doing very little to stop it, how can that be sufficient?

Unfortunately, and regrettably, right now there does not seem to be the willingness or the room inside the Israeli politic to make those commitments.

President Biden's leadership would not have allowed the U.K., France to join us in the defense of Israel.

I just do not see how the U.S. can say that is enough.

This is a country that 4 years ago chopped to pieces an American resident journalist.

When the Houthis started to fire at U.S. and other ships in the Red Sea, we did not have an ambassador in Djibouti.

Thanks, Chairman Sanders, thanks to the panel.

We had no ambassador in country. That coup has led to a government that now wants to kick the U.S. out.

Your confirmation gives those candidates a different level of standing.

the Senate holds on ambassadorial nominees are harming our national interest.

When the security situation in Haiti spiraled downward, we had no ambassador in place.

if somebody on the Senate is holding you up, and it is secret, you do not even have the ability to...

We need our diplomats out and development experts out in the field showing up, actively engaged, representing the United States.

if we mattered to you, you would have someone here, right?

When the Houthis started to fire at U.S. and other ships in the Red Sea, we did not have an ambassador in Djibouti.