I appreciate in your written statement, in your opening statement, and in our private conversation, the clarity and forcefulness of your view about Russia's malign actions in our election, in the region against our alliances in Western…

We must work to keep Turkey, long the linchpin of NATO's southern flank, firmly anchored in the transatlantic community.

I promise you that I will carry that message forward.

Our ongoing humanitarian assistance in countries from South Sudan to Nigeria to Somalia continues to save lives, and our aid and support of democracy has helped ensure relatively peaceful democratic transfers of power in countries like…

the U.S.-Africa relationship is critical and where developments in terms of the balance between security and economic partnership and cooperation, human rights, and the promotion of democracy is more important really than it has ever been.

Obviously, the H1B visa has been an important part of the India-U.S. relationship.

And so I really do worry about the abuses right now that some of the security forces are engaging in against civilians and how they can be a powerful recruitment tool for terrorist organizations.

I have introduced a bipartisan bill that would require the U.S. Government to develop a 10-year strategy to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths by 2035.

I would hope, if you are to be confirmed, to have the opportunity to pursue further with you a discussion about how we might access the Indian market for this tasty, high quality American agricultural export.

We deplore the loss of life. And we have expressed to the government that disproportionate use of force in these kinds of situations is not acceptable.

I have listened to some of my more senior colleagues in open committee discuss what we are seeing in Yemen right now and our participation in many ways with the Saudis in what has been--I should not say our participation--what the Saudis…

I am deeply concerned about the government's crackdown on human rights and civil liberties, especially in the Anglophone portions of Cameroon.

You will need to work colleagues in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) to create a comprehensive human rights agenda that takes all human rights concerns into account.

I think it is an enormously successful program.

Thank you to all of you and to your families for your willingness to step forward and serve our Nation.

I think our folks in OFAC in the Department of the Treasury do an excellent job, but we need our allies, in particular some of our European allies, to be more engaged and more forthcoming.

There is legislation that Senator Coons actually drafted. He is the author of the End Wildlife Trafficking Act.

I believe in the power of MCC and, in particular, the desire of many countries to have a shot at a second compact.