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Do you plan on doing any sanctions at all in the near future?

The United States has had an enduring interest in a stable and prosperous Western Hemisphere and the democratic order is the best guarantor of those things.

Putin openly endorses increasingly authoritarian rulers with the goal of destabilizing the region and threatening insecurity.

The Administration's plan to remove the FARC from the foreign terrorists list undermines U.S. national security and democratic stability in Colombia.

I am very concerned that the Administration is not taking inflation's threat seriously.

Do you agree that inflation is a serious threat to our economy, and how do you intend to address inflation?

It would be helpful for you to clarify what your current projection is for when Treasury would run out of headroom to operate below the debt limit and run dangerously low of operating cash.

Central bank accounts fully replace, rather than uneasily coexist with, private bank deposits.

Perceived as the Government 'taking away' people's money.

Implementing a contractionary monetary policy by debiting those accounts.

I do not think that it was a failure because we tried to impose democracy in Afghanistan.

If you cannot get a handle on that, if it is endemic in the culture, it is a problem.

The culture in Afghanistan was so different than the culture that we are used to dealing with.

I think all of these things that have happened in the past are important to look at.

The second and most urgent task in front of this body is to look forward and mitigate the negative impacts of U.S. withdrawal.

I find it disappointing that the Secretary of Defense has refused to testify before this committee.

We must better define our strategic objectives, assign resources accordingly, and resist the temptations to do more than is necessary.

Additionally, the failure to administer our Special Immigrant Visa program and assist American citizens on the ground is astounding.