Madam President, I want to thank Senator Lujan for his leadership on behalf of small businesses. Senator Lujan is absolutely right. There are a lot of areas that are not necessarily within the jurisdiction of the Small Business Committee…

If our ultimate foreign policy goal is a world that is secure, stable, humane and safe, where the risk of war is minimal, then clearly supporting and advancing democracy should be a national security priority.

We need to adapt our assistance to keep up with emerging technologies that can support democracy activists and human rights defenders.

We also need to invite other democracies to join the United States in stepping up their support for democracy around the world.

We must defend freedom in other countries because we recognize it is necessary to our existence.

If our ultimate foreign policy goal is a world that is secure, stable, humane and safe, where the risk of war is minimal, then clearly supporting and advancing democracy should be a national security priority.

We must defend freedom in other countries because we recognize it is necessary to our existence.

Most importantly, the democratic world must work together to help Ukrainians defeat Russian aggression, and to help the Taiwanese safeguard their democracy.

I think it is simply wrong for the CEO and top executives to profit from their own mismanagement and then leave FDIC to be holding the bag.

the fight against liberal democracy is also a fight against the United States, who is the principal defender and proponent of democracy on the global stage.

As Americans, we should not stand by and watch when activists and citizens are arrested and killed in their quest for human rights and basic freedoms.

I think it is simply wrong for the CEO and top executives to profit from their own mismanagement and then leave FDIC to be holding the bag.

I will be introducing two important pieces of legislation: first, the Protect Global Heroes Act... and second, a comprehensive countering authoritarianism bill.

The United States must better leverage our democracy assistance, international diplomacy, and sanctions regimes.

the United Nations has allowed some of the world's most rampant human rights violators to masquerade as statesmen.

I hope we can introduce it this week, and I know the Chairman of the Committee is interested as well, in pursuing that.

Most importantly, the democratic world must work together to help Ukrainians defeat Russian aggression, and to help the Taiwanese safeguard their democracy.

There does seem to be a hole in your authority.