It is clear that the administration had no plans in place to manage the withdrawal and provide for the people that worked side by side with our troops.

Transnational criminal organizations and malign state actors benefit from and contribute to these authoritarian regimes and pose a significant threat to the peace and stability of our hemisphere.

I think about standing up to China, and I think that from what I have heard today that you would be interested in engaging on that issue even more, particularly as it relates to human rights and the Uighurs and other ethnic minorities and…

I look forward to working with him and with the committee as we move legislation forward.

I do not concur in the initial statement about the prior administration. There is no good answer to this.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed what I believe to be serious gaps in U.S. international pandemic prevention, preparedness, and, importantly, response efforts.

I mean, if they will not make the commitment before they get the money, how in the world can you possibly think they will make the commitment after they get the money?

I am increasingly worried by steps backward. The past weeks more than 50 journalists were beaten.

I think that underlies the heavy lift that you have ahead of you.

I remain exceedingly concerned about the malign influence of China and Russia throughout our hemisphere and the apparent increase of that.

It is completely unacceptable that the ICC has decided to pursue cases clearly outside of their jurisdiction.

I fully agree with Senator Menendez that China and the Indo-Pacific are critically important regions in the world for United States interests and are going to be the challenge of the 21st century.

The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates how global health security is essential to U.S. national and economic security.

Unfortunately, many in the West have clung to the notion that we can simply rely on the policies of the past to keep us secure today.

the United States Government is big, it is complex, it has got many agencies, and there is an important function that Congress can play

More government spending of borrowed money or of government-appropriated private capital is simply not the answer to our problems or those of other countries.

It is going to take real partners to do that. No country is going to be able to do it alone.

Personally, my top two foreign policy priorities are China and global health.