Her accolades and accomplishments alone make her worthy of confirmation.

Her career has spanned 25 years crossing the Pond to work on transatlantic security issues both in and out of government.

ICE's long-term fiscal mismanagement, of course it is a major concern for all of us.

I hope you will agree to do that if confirmed.

The J-1 Visa Program, now called BridgeUSA, is a valuable foreign policy tool and an important public diplomacy program.

I share your deep concern about what is happening now in Afghanistan, and the women and girls who are now at risk.

I strongly support the Visa Security Program because it allows DHS to interview and vet individuals long before they arrive in the United States.

It is a shared problem between the United States and Mexico, and I commit to working with the Mexican Government.

The United States stands with the Lebanese people, and will continue to support it and key institutions.

I am very honored to be able to join Senator Kaine in doing introductions this morning.

But I am disappointed, as Senator Peters is, that the Department of Homeland Security announced that U.S. borders would remain closed, even to vaccinated Canadians, for another month.

If confirmed, I will continue this tradition of close consultation that prevents any issue from detracting from NATO accomplishing its core tasks.

I think as long as Erdogan is there, I think we have got a serious problem.

I look forward to speaking with you further and working with you in connection with the 2022 budget, because the Nonprofit Security Grant Program is, in fact, so important, and especially now, tragically, when we have seen a tremendous…

I would urge you to take the steps you need to be prepared to open the border to vaccinated Canadians as quickly as you can.

Can you tell us please how you will address such financial mismanagement, bring ICE on a more stable funding track, and cleanup the mismanagement of funds?

I remain concerned about the deep economic crisis in the country.

The human rights situation in Turkey also remains difficult. Turkey is one of the highest jailers of journalists and opposition activists in Eurasia.