The GEC, for us, is a critical tool in actually being able to deal with that.

We welcome Ukraine's EU candidacy and support the Ukrainian government's efforts to advance necessary institution-building in line with Ukraine's European path.

This budget will also strengthen our efforts to outcompete the PRC.

I share the concern about that, and we have been asking the Mexican Authorities... about the military and police presence there.

I do, but it is also based on the--what we hear.

I am determined to continue to do that and very much appreciate the work that we have been able to do with this committee over the last couple of years and look forward to the work ahead.

The problem that we face now is exactly what you pointed to, the edicts promulgated by the Taliban, preventing women from participating in the delivery of assistance.

If we allow the Russian aggression in Ukraine to go forward with impunity... we open a Pandora's box around the world.

We need to be at the table wherever and whenever new international rules that affect the livelihoods of our people are being debated.

I want to see us be able to reestablish an ongoing presence in Libya.

Countries make their own sovereign decisions in their international relationships.

We continue to see democratic backsliding, and backsliding on human rights in a number of countries.