Chris Coons

I am also concerned about Force protection for our Forces who are in FOBs, in Eastern Syria or in Somalia.

I have three committee hearings at the same time, really grave concerns about Force protection and the countering the drone threat.

I look forward to staying in touch and I will echo what you heard from several other Senators about the urgency of deploying the counter UAS platforms at speed that are effective and affordable.

We have widespread, I think, bipartisan grave concern about whether our defense system overall is appropriately aligned with the requirements of the war fighter.

I enacted the Global Fragility Act (GFA) 4 years ago with 26 bipartisan cosponsors in order to prevent violence and promote stability.

I'm concerned we're not learning the lessons of the war in Ukraine.

I regret that the significant investment that we made there will not likely redound to our benefit.

A big piece of the NDIS (National Defense Industrial Strategy) partnering and our allies. AUKUS Pillar 2 is particularly intriguing to me.

I am very concerned about the threat to our Forces, posed by low, slow--exactly, the low technology drones that Iran is providing to Russia at scale.

This is what keeps me up at night, is a number of very capable foreign terrorist organizations that see this.

I don't think that's a legal conclusion that I can or should reach tonight but I think President Biden and many of us in the Senate have been pressing for changes in policy and practice.

This is long overdue and I think it's time for us to see some significant changes like this.

I think more than 400 today.

After the World Central Kitchen airstrike, you had said conditions may need to be put on U.S. aid to Israel.

If we were to successfully earn the reputation for being champions of rule of law and anti-corruption in the region, I think it would be a significant competitive advantage for us.

I want to congratulate you, Chairman Cardin, on seeing the Combatting Global Corruption Act become law.

Combatting corruption is critical. It is also strategically important in the sub-Saharan region.

I worked for years, in a bipartisan way, on combating wildlife trafficking, in no small part because that is often an entryway to then much larger corruption.

We need to incorporate state of the art forecasting data to understand threats and changes to food security.

Senator Graham and I have introduced legislation to create an international foundation for food security.

I could not agree more with the ranking member that we have worked, many of us for many years, on cargo preference to improve efficiency.

I believe strongly as many of my colleagues and both parties do as well that food security is a human right.

It is important as democratic governance in preserving stability and security.

We are looking for a vehicle that will survive across several Administrations and put in place long term blended finance opportunities.

Thanks to the generosity of American farmers we are saving lives around the world.