What I was concerned about was that...stabilization funding that is so desperately needed...is being held up by the administration.

The threat is not just from ISIS, it is also from Iranian and Russian influences in those regions.

I share the concerns about staffing levels at the State Department.

I was very impressed, much more so than I had expected to be, by progress in Iraq.

If we do not provide that funding soon, we are going to see those gains undermined.

And congratulations to all of the nominees today. Thank you for being willing to consider taking on these difficult challenges at this very conflict-ridden time in the world.

Every person is created equal and deserving of respect. Discrimination of any type should not be allowed.

I applaud the leadership that our Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has demonstrated in traveling to the Democratic Republic of Congo in October of 2017.

This committee passed a bipartisan resolution that Senator Young and I sponsored...

It does not give Ankara a pass on incursion on the human rights issues, does not give them a pass on imprisoning a fellow American.

I want to continue on the questions about Yemen...

I would argue that the language in the defense bill actually urges us to ensure that our allies are working to reduce casualties and to comply with what is international law.

It prohibits the U.S. military from continuing to provide aerial refueling for the Saudi-led coalition unless the Secretary of State repeatedly certifies that the Government of Saudi Arabia and the UAE are taking steps to end the civil…

A policy that is supposed to result in a reduction in the number of abortions is actually going to increase the number of abortions and the number of unintended pregnancies.

We have got to make sure that people feel like they have a future in their own countries.

Thank you and congratulations to each of you for being willing to accept these nominations at this difficult time in the world and given the challenges that you have already referenced in the countries that you will be going to, if…

I am troubled because in the last two presidential budgets, the administration has proposed to zero out the funding for Food for Peace.

But as much as we collaborate, if we zero out a program, it still leaves a vacuum there.