Chris Coons actually said...

"I expect that, if confirmed, you will build upon the work of the current administration to return the United States to a place it once held on the global stage as a country that both observes and adva..."

"After four years of sustained and persistent effort by hundreds of thousands of the Sudanese people they have earned the chance to find their way forward in a democratic transition."

"I think we are seeing it in real time. The sanctions policy in--against Russia in Ukraine, combined with other things, has certainly shrunk Russia's war aims."

"All three of the countries to which you are nominated are countries where stability, transition to democracy, or the sustainment of a democracy is a key part of the work you will be undertaking."