"It is my honor to call this hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to order."
"There is about 550 employees and family members from Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, who were not evacuated."
"we need to have some working relationship with them to secure the safe passage out of thousands of people who we still care deeply about"
"So if you would take the 4 minutes we have got left and explore with me how do we ensure safe passage across land borders."
"I had hoped this committee would rise above the temptations of partisan politics and use this hearing to consider the urgent questions still before us."
"The Department committed to evacuating our partners from NED, the National Endowment for Democracy, NDI, IRI."
"There is, I think, significant leverage that we and other countries hold when it comes to things that the Taliban says it wants."
"69 senators, which means 19 Republicans, including Senator Mitch McConnell, voted for the infrastructure deal, even knowing that we were going to immediately move towards this more partisan way that w..."
"Look, there's a lot to work out here, because we're going to raise taxes on corporations that don't pay any taxes, on the very wealthiest Americans, in order to meet President Biden's commitment that ..."
"This is a big win for the American people, for Democrats, for Republicans, for President Biden, and for the idea that we can still work together, to solve the problems that face working people across ..."
"It's going to cut costs for working families."