AUKUS is critical and needs to be implemented to preserve regional stability and peace in the Indo-Pacific.

It is the right thing to do. Congress must work in a bipartisan way to get it done.

I would like to thank my friend Congresswoman Young Kim of California for co-leading this important bill with me.

We need something new.

I believe it could be a worthwhile exercise for the Department of State and the Department of Defense to examine whether it is feasible to reimburse individuals who contributed their personal funds to the critical evacuation efforts.

The DoD gets it. The Pentagon's new rule is a great step forward, but we need to start codifying these protections in law.

This is just a chance to make that right for the individuals.

I'd encourage my colleagues who are seeking a true solution to join our effort to address our broken system.

I do have an amendment in the nature of a substitute to strike the provision that created a pathway for other foreign allies to obtain an exemption.

if we want to blame anyone for our broken immigration system, we should blame Congress.

Anything short of that is a dereliction of Congress' responsibility and obligation.

What they do expect is that Congress will do more to clearly define the status of the Afghans who are already here so that they can build their lives with certainty.

This will strengthen a key regional ally and help increase our force readiness in the Pacific to counter the CCP.

I look forward to working on a bipartisan basis to pass this bill into law before October and find ways to hold the Iranian regime accountable for its malign behavior.

So that's why I'm pleased our European partners have decided to impose unilateral sanctions on Iran's drone and ballistic missile programs, and we must follow suit.

We should have always guaranteed that we get all the Americans out and, frankly, the Afghans who risked their lives.

We should have the courage to say we are going to impose tariffs on goods coming in from China until they treat our companies fairly and until that results in a change in the balance of payments.

the majority of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are only interested in performance.