"We also have to pay our dues if our influence is going to continue."
"The U.N. is uniquely poised to take on our shared global challenges from countering terrorism, to promoting the rights of women and girls."
"We are not in a new cold war."
"If confirmed, I pledge that the United States will increase our engagement and leadership within the U.N. LGBTI Core Group."
"If confirmed, I will push for reforms to the U.N. in order to make it more efficient, effective, accountable, and fit for purpose."
"I believe Palestinian efforts to join international entities are premature and counterproductive."
"Secretary Blinken and I have made clear that genocide has been committed against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang."
"I commit to working with this committee to counter China at the U.N."
"Israel has no closer friend than the United States, and I will reflect that in my actions at the United Nations."
"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."
"President Biden believes we need to curtail the use of landmines."