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I want to make it very clear. The Republicans are asking for negotiations on the debt ceiling process, to add some fiscal restraint into the debt ceiling extension.

I continue to strongly disagree with the International Criminal Court's prior actions relating to the Afghanistan situation with regard to U.S. personnel and maintain our longstanding objection to the Court's assertion of jurisdiction over…

The United States firmly opposes the opening of the investigation by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the Palestinian situation.

I was deeply disappointed when I saw what was proposed here. The $16 million is--I mean, it is stunningly--if we are going to--if we are going to pursue the porcupine theory of how to defend Taiwan, I mean, the $16 million is--does not…

Moving along, I want to talk about the outcompete China initiative, which I think we are all in agreement on as far as objective is concerned.

Fair enough, and although I think you would agree with me that the $2 billion is--in mandatory is going to be tough to do.

I appreciate that and----

I concur with the chairman's remarks regarding the Iran situation.

We are talking about a potential repeal of the 2002 AUMF.

Again, we need to encourage our European allies to join us in what we are trying to do as far as Iran is concerned.

Xi is no peacemaker. He seems ready to validate Russia's war crimes in Ukraine.

It is difficult to persuade them otherwise in the face of the evidence.

The American people need a State Department that is fully capable of advancing interests and values of all Americans.

China is still the challenge of the century.

We cannot be on the sidelines and mired down in bureaucratic processes. We need ambitious and consistent resourcing.

Our unity of purpose with our democratic allies and partners against Putin's illegal war is critical and goes far beyond Ukraine's borders.

We must reorient American foreign policy to be rooted in supporting democracy and human rights, which serve our long-term interests.

You cannot by force take another country's territory.