this spike in anti-Semitism is something which should be of grave concern to all of us.

I think, unfortunately, the previous administration opened the door... for Russia to take a position in the Middle East...

Counterterrorism cooperation is something much deeper. It is about intelligence sharing, actual joint operations...

Ranking Member Keating, what I referred to was specifically and primarily Russia's behavior toward its neighbors.

Because if those neighboring states would be able to develop into successful democracies... why should the Russian population itself tolerate continuing to live under those circumstances.

I fear that the lack of leadership we have from this administration on these issues leaves American national security interests exposed to the chaos and uncertainty that authoritarianism breeds.

Thank you, Chairman Ros-Lehtinen and Ranking Member Deutch, for calling this important and very timely hearing today.

When President Trump takes high-profile meetings with leaders like President Sisi of Egypt, President Erdogan of Turkey, and King Salman in Saudi Arabia and fails to bring up issues of human rights or democratic governance, what message…

the entire region, with the exception of Israel, is a very harsh and even dangerous climate for those who seek to protect the rights of LGBT individuals.

We talk about democracy-building and so forth. There was a lot of rationalizing about the coup...

this administration has also disappointingly failed to appoint an envoy of the office to monitor and combat anti-Semitism.

I think everyone would agree that criticism of Israel and policies of Israel and disagreement is not anti-Semitic as a principle.

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I deem it warranted, for whatever that's worth.

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