Yes, I actually would hope to have a more clear priority that, yes, there has to be an enormous humanitarian need, but there also has to be a very clear U.S. interest in intervening in that particular area.

We have interest in Ukraine because we know that the old Soviet Union did some really bad things that we fought for decades, and so we want to keep that from happening again.

Our answer to this, not a dollar more until we figure this out.

Like Senator Menendez indicated I am sometimes overwhelmed by the degree of starvation, the migration, as associated with climate change, and the problems in the world are so enormous.

The needs of the world are so enormous that when you look at those needs, you have to say we have more interest, for instance, in Haiti than we might in someplace far, far away, in part because it is in our neighborhood.

We have interest in Ukraine because we know that the old Soviet Union did some really bad things that we fought for decades, and so we want to keep that from happening again.

Yes, I actually would hope to have a more clear priority that, yes, there has to be an enormous humanitarian need, but there also has to be a very clear U.S. interest in intervening in that particular area.

So, Mr. Garrett, just in your mind, what happens if large sections of these lands are able to be locked up?

It is great to be here. What a delight to have not just one, but two witnesses from Utah today.

And I want to be really clear. And, Mr. Garrett, you can probably help me on this.

We oppose this legislation because, beyond the fact that natural asset companies do not exist and their creation is no longer being considered...

American energy is inexpensive, reliable, clean, and abundant.

Utah Farm Bureau also supports H.R. 7006 sponsored by Representative Curtis to prohibit natural asset companies (NACs) from entering into any agreement with respect to land in Utah.

I thought that when we passed a law and required the State Department to do something, that they would do it.

Three words does not make a strategy.

Freedom House indicates that trend continued again this year.

We are losing, if you will, on the strategic battlefield.

If we have a strategy to counter China, it is not working.