Wendy Sherman

Secretary Blinken speak of the importance of press freedom and making it essential to our human rights agenda around the world.

I want that to be a bipartisan victory and a victory for the United States.

I think that is a fair point that the intent is to make sure that Congress has a say.

It is critical to engage with Oceania and with the island states.

I do agree that we should take measures that say to the Cuban Government that we do not support their way forward and that we support the freedom of the Cuban people.

I think it was a very good idea to support Guaido as the legitimate leader of Venezuela.

I believe that it is very important that we support the Cuban people and that we take actions that increase their chances for freedom.

We will not be silent on human rights.

Former Secretary Kerry is the President's Special Envoy on climate and that is his sole responsibility.

We should make a commitment to be open to your ideas, your thoughts, your counsel, your advice.

I pledge to play a leading role in that effort.

President Biden has outlined a foreign policy vision that puts diplomacy center stage where we lead not just by the example of our power but the power of our example.

We need competent compassionate leaders with deep expertise and integrity at the helm of the U.S. foreign policy.

The United States is pursuing reforms while re-engaging and seeking a seat on the Human Rights Council.

We have the opportunity to rebuild America's diplomacy, to strengthen relations with allies around the world.

Secretary Blinken said, in his view, that the treatment of the Uighurs was genocide.

The administration is recalibrating its relationship with Saudi Arabia.

Ambassador Sherman is extraordinarily qualified to be the Deputy Secretary of State.

She knows the strength of diplomacy and how to use it to advance U.S. interests.

Ambassador Sherman is a tested diplomat with particular experience in many of the most urgent challenges.

I have met with Iranian officials.

How ironic. An administration begins by building an unnecessary wall on our southern border, it ends by making necessary, a new wall around this Capitol. Madam Speaker, I introduced Articles of Impeachment in July of 2017 with one…

It's really, quite extraordinary, Ali, that there is such silence from the administration.

As the president-elect said, we have to both deter and defend, and then act if, in fact, such an attack takes place. And we have a lot of tools at our disposal.

We need diplomacy to get to stability and we have to make sure that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon.