I am so proud of this Congress and many on this Committee for passing the bipartisan Safer Communities Act.

We are spending more money today on mental health than ever before.

Unless you get at the root causes of unhappiness and isolation and loneliness, there is almost no amount of money that can make up for that inattention.

It just compels us, in this Congress, to do something about it.

Unless you get at the root causes of unhappiness and isolation and loneliness, there is almost no amount of money that can make up for that inattention.

There is a recent study that shows within 2 minutes of establishing a TikTok account, a teenager can be fed information glorifying suicide.

I am so proud of this Congress and many on this Committee for passing the bipartisan Safer Communities Act.

We are spending more money today on mental health than ever before.

I'm very proud to join Senator Blumenthal in introducing Judge Oliver to the Committee.

I'm very proud to join Senator Blumenthal in introducing Judge Oliver to the Committee.

Bill, there are some things we agree on, a lot of them, and a few that we disagree. Let's focus on that which we agree and leave the other for another day.

Judge Oliver has taken on a couple tasks that I think are really important you should know about.

It's hard to be more committed to the State of Connecticut than Judge Oliver has been.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Graham, Members of the Committee.

I think this committee would have a lot to say about whether the conduct of Saudi Arabia over the course of the last 5-10 years has merited that kind of commitment.

Full or partial security assurances should not be given, and are not given, lightly.

I do not judge them to be apolitical. I do not think that they have fashioned themselves in a way that would communicate that to the Tunisian people.

This is, of course, a region where the bulk of our assistance dollars go.

I continue to look forward to working with the Administration on this committee and on the Appropriations Committee to try to get this right.

Any security or defense guarantee provided to Saudi Arabia would be submitted to Congress for ratification.

Since 1946, the Middle East and North Africa has received $372 billion of U.S. assistance.

We have enormous influence and leverage there made much easier by an embassy reopening.

The military is participating in President Saied's campaign of repression. They are holding military tribunals against his political opponents.

Undeniably, a normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel would be a pivotal and immensely positive development.

I think a reorientation of our policy there would send an important signal beyond Tunisia that your partnership with us is dependent on your commitment to continuing to head your democracy and your civil protections in the right direction.