It is a treat to be able to come back to the Aging Committee.

I have made clear to the administration that it needs to incorporate funds for Ukraine into the base budget accompanied by a comprehensive strategy.

Gazans are suffering under Hamas not--they are not all Hamas.

We have a right to criticize when there is evidence of wrongdoing.

It is rich to hear this come from the other side.

I do applaud President Biden in his conversations last week with Prime Minister Netanyahu subsequently.

I have made clear to the administration that it needs to incorporate funds for Ukraine into the base budget accompanied by a comprehensive strategy.

Putin's unjustified war continues to cause catastrophic loss of life and has undermined the security of Europe and the global economy.

There's not one set of laws for Democrats and another for Republicans.

We have a compelling interest, we, the United States, the world, Israel, Gaza, Palestine, to avert this widening humanitarian catastrophe.

I think your actions are headed in the wrong direction.

The PRC's global lending spree has made it now, and this really bears repeating, the world's largest debt collector.

I'd just ask for a fair evaluation of the evidence being put forward.

We need American leadership to advance models of development and governance that honor freedom, transparency, and dignity.

In Ukraine, USAID has helped farmers withstand Putin's attempts to destroy the agricultural sector.

the Inflation Reduction Act is not responsible for drug shortages, and contrary to Republican claims, it has already substantially lowered costs for lifesaving medications.

Bipartisan support for these efforts makes Americans safer and more prosperous and provides a critical foundation for American influence and leadership.

I asked Secretary Austin yesterday at an Armed Services Committee hearing whether growing famine or medical catastrophe in Gaza would escalate violence in the region, and he said absolutely it would.