We also have to pay our dues if our influence is going to continue.

China has engaged in gross human rights violations and has authoritarian ambitions that go against our democratic values.

I believe Palestinian efforts to join international entities are premature and counterproductive.

I commit to working with this committee to counter China at the U.N.

Their success depends on our continued withdrawal. That will not happen on my watch.

I will be fighting to ensure that either Americans or like-minded allies are--hold those significant positions.

The United States has and should continue to build a strong and deep relationship with the United Nations.

I find the actions and the approach that BDS has taken toward Israel unacceptable. It verges on anti-Semitism.

President Biden has stated a commitment to restoring U.S. credibility and leadership at the U.N.

I strongly believe diplomacy is an irreplaceable tool in the work of advancing America's interest and building a better world.

China's efforts to assert its authoritarian agenda and values within the U.N. system depends on our withdrawal, which I will not allow on my watch.

China is a strategic competitor and poses challenges to our security, and to our prosperity, and to our values.