I traveled to Ukraine and saw firsthand the devastation Russia's war has caused, including acts of terrorism and genocide.

Arguably, what you are doing is more important than what is happening on the battlefield.

We are mitigating the effect of the war on the Global South.

On February 24, of course, Russia initiated its premeditated, brutal, and illegal invasion of Ukraine.

Half of its sovereign assets, as you mentioned, Ranking Member Risch, they are blocked outside Russia.

We should be working to confiscate those funds and use Russia's own money to finance the reconstruction of Ukraine.

In the absence of enforcement, the sanctions are worthless.

I really believe we can do better.

Putin obviously gets very little advice from anywhere. He treats the world like they are fools.

We want to urge you to double your efforts in this regard, because you are the ones that can really help bring this thing to an end.

Putin's idea that he could occupy this country and put in a new regime, which was his objective, and then move from there to other countries, this is over.

That is the sign of a country suffering under economic distress, and I think that is a direct result of the sanctions we have put in place.

If we get this wrong, we risk not only billions of dollars in U.S. and allied economic hardships.

The kinds of things that you are doing are the ones that are going to bring Russia to heel.

I look forward to hearing from our witnesses on whether and how the Biden administration plans to recommit to meaningful policies.

I urge the Administration to prioritize North American energy production and infrastructure.

In April of 2020, the prior administration proposed a formal democratic transition framework to facilitate a peaceful negotiated return to democracy in Venezuela.

Since 2013, Maduro has dramatically deepened relations with the most dangerous forces in the world.