I completely agree that we need ambassadors in these countries.
I introduced the Western Hemisphere Security Strategy Act with Chairman Menendez. It is the beginning of doing just that.
Without urgent action, this economic downturn could last for a decade.
Imagine that. Mind boggling. Our directors there, basically, allowed it to happen.
I believe that Russia's invasion of the Ukraine, including its indefensible tactics and war crimes, creates an opportunity for the United St...
The Chinese Communist Party is actively exporting its governance model across the hemisphere.
Beijing sees this and they are seizing the opportunity to grow both their influence and their power in the Western Hemisphere.
China is aggressively all over the hemisphere.
We simply cannot afford to let the Chinese Communist Party expand its influence and absorb Latin America and the Caribbean into its private ...
The Western Hemisphere is in a period of extraordinary upheaval.
Every American can turn on the TV and see that authoritarianism is on the rise.
I have heard some of those things Voice of America puts out, and I have complained about it and I am told to mind my own business.
Supporting democracy around the world creates a comparative foreign policy advantage for the United States.
I think if you could get enough of that in people's hands, they would have a clear understanding of what a wonderful country this is.
We must not let the authoritarians win. As we see in Ukraine today, no one wants to live in a world controlled by Putin or Xi.
I mean, it was stuff that I was embarrassed and ashamed that we were using taxpayers' money to tell the rest of the world about what an awfu...
They really have been brave standing up to China and Russia, and, of course, they are right on the front line in Russia.
I think that is appropriate that we think about it like that, and I think it is appropriate that we act towards that, the whole system and n...
