To be honest with you, I do not see how we move forward with the current situation the way it is in Sudan with two warring generals.

History tells us what is going to happen and that is it is going to move towards a full blown civil war.

This is not a happy occasion. It is disappointing we are here today having this hearing.

Has any consideration been given to getting an envoy or somebody who is specifically focused on Sudan?

More should have been done to protect the Sudanese people from the military junta.

Has any consideration been given to getting an envoy or somebody who is specifically focused on Sudan?

And what Mexico is doing, it is more of a protectionist revision than it is in science-based evidence.

At the end of the day, all of the activities under NOAA's budget request should have one fundamental end goal: protecting lives and property.

The humanitarian and security catastrophe playing out in Sudan was predictable.

I think it is a good discussion of the issues and the problems and how we got here.

Last Congress, I focused the efforts of this committee around addressing problems in the crypto markets after the Biden Administration testified before our committee about possible bank-like runs of stablecoins.

These should be bipartisan concerns, and legislation to address them should have a path to the President's desk.

We should have done more to warn American citizens and position our diplomatic and humanitarian footprint.

Treasury and our financial regulators also identified further gaps in oversight in the crypto markets, such as limits in the SEC's authority to go after frauds like FTX even when they operate just off the coast of Florida.

I expect to receive meaningful explanation of why these questions for the record took over 100 days to complete.

History tells us what is going to happen and that is it is going to move towards a full blown civil war.

It just seems to me it needs more attention, more individual attention, because as you have noted, you got a whole lot on your plate.

More should have been done to protect the Sudanese people from the military junta.