"we cannot be a player on the world stage and keep our country safe and prosperous if we put ourselves on the sidelines."
"If we allow the Russian aggression in Ukraine to go forward with impunity, we open a Pandora's box around the world."
"I think it has a profound impact in Asia, for example. Everyone is watching to see how we and the world respond to this aggression."
"I know that you are just as concerned as this committee is, about the dramatic turn in Tunisia away from democracy."
"We need to see that, but we also want to see steps taken to put Tunisia fully back on the democratic path it was on."
"The Development Finance Corporation I think is a big step forward."
"A presentation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made it very clear that the recent initiative taken by the Biden administration to require an application, a legal process crossing at that border poi..."
"I look forward to working closely with you on that, your budget proposes a $2 billion mandatory to the DFC."
"I want to make sure this isn't just viewed as another foreign assistance program, but instead is a framework that prioritizes State's leadership."
"I hope that in this year, in this authorizing process, in the Foreign Relations Committee, this issue might also be discussed."
"Global Fragility Act, something Senator Graham and I crafted based on positive experiences with Colombia."
"I think most importantly you make a compelling case for the urgent national security-based need to invest more robustly in our diplomacy and development."