Madam President, I come to the floor today to express my shock and horror at what Hamas has done in its terrorist attack on Israel. It is difficult to comprehend the evil we witnessed last week. Before Saturday, October 7, 2023, there were…

It would be a step backwards if folks are essentially saying that DFC does not have the tools when it comes to political risk insurance that OPIC had.

I look forward to following up with you on some things we can do to help.

if the United States were to stop funding the defense of Ukraine, it would have a major impact on the way allies think about our credibility.

I think all of you have made the point that if you go back a number of years, China was willing to work much more closely with the United States with respect to restraining North Korea's nuclear program, nuclear testing, missiles.

there is bipartisan support in the United States Senate and House to continue to provide that assistance.

I think this was an important step that the Administration took and all for the better of the alliance.

I agree. I think, with the gist of my colleagues' comments, that this is something that we should really investigate with China and try to engage in a dialogue with them because it is clearly in both of our interest to see this stopped.

I do not want to dismiss the risk of greater Russia-North Korea interaction as a way of expanding the North Korea problem, but I also think that we should not allow it to be overblown.

what we have been doing, clearly, is not successful, at least in achieving the goal as we have stated it, which is denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

I think this is a step forward in what we are doing.

Thank you for much food for thought as we move forward on all the issues that we covered.

I think this was an important step that the Administration took and all for the better of the alliance.

if the United States were to stop funding the defense of Ukraine, it would have a major impact on the way allies think about our credibility.

This was meant to be a high level that provided more insight into U.S. nuclear planning.

This was meant to be a high level that provided more insight into U.S. nuclear planning.

The U.S. leadership on Ukraine is such--is especially important when we are talking about allied relations.

Let me also just second what Senator Shaheen and I am sure others have said about the importance of fix--making the equity fix.