we cannot get our ambassadors approved, even the career ambassadors

It is clear to all of us that the future of Europe... depends upon Ukraine's success against Russia's invasion.

Putin's miscalculated decision to launch a full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 upended the world but not in the way that he thought it would.

Earlier this year Congress passed the $95 billion national security supplemental--$95 billion-plus. It passed with strong bipartisan support, and much of the funding is critical to supporting Ukraine to defend itself.

We have already postponed a major military exercise, and we will continue to review what we are doing as opportunities arise.

I want to thank you and the Ranking Member for holding a very important hearing.

There has been nothing convincing in their responses to us that they really have done the kind of due diligence they should do before this decision.

This is drilling down on the details that matter.

In some States, those ballots have to be delivered in a timely way to ensure that they arrive on time and that these votes count.

I continue to have concerns about any future plans to move operations from Manchester to Boston.

They need to be talking to employees. They need to know how long it takes to drive from Manchester, New Hampshire down to Boston at the height of rush hour.

In States like mine, we have been highly successful in getting absentee ballots in on time because Postal Service employees on the ground... know what's at stake.

I want to thank you and the Ranking Member for holding a very important hearing.

They need to be talking to employees. They need to know how long it takes to drive from Manchester, New Hampshire down to Boston at the height of rush hour.

There has been nothing convincing in their responses to us that they really have done the kind of due diligence they should do before this decision.

What the Postal Service is telling them to do is just get the truck out no matter what they know is coming.

What the Postal Service is telling them to do is just get the truck out no matter what they know is coming.

In some States, those ballots have to be delivered in a timely way to ensure that they arrive on time and that these votes count.