"I support the Biden administration's decision to apply visa restrictions on all who are fueling the violence in Tigray."
"It is my real hope that Prime Minister Abiy will yet hear the offers of the world community and the United States to work together, to declare a ceasefire, to resolve the humanitarian crisis, to deliv..."
"I also want to express my deep appreciation to Senator Leahy, Chairman of the Full Appropriations Committee, for his 30 years of service as either Chair or Ranking Member of this subcommittee."
"I've had the joy of sitting down with African dictators and having to deliver the news to them that because of Leahy Law vetting some of their prize military units were no longer going to be able to w..."
"I'm very pleased to have as my Republican counterpart Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who's been a strong supporter of this subcommittee and of the State and Foreign Operations budget."
"I do think it's a great tool to advance some of this administration's big picture goals: post pandemic stabilization, combating climate change and bolstering climate resilience, and promoting good gov..."
"I look forward to working with you on these two programs that I'm well familiar with."
"this is a fragile transition to democracy."
"One of the bills that I worked on with Senator Graham in the last Congress that's now law is the Global Fragility Act."
"I'm eager to work with you and with Vice President Harris to prevent men, women, children, and whole families from being forced to flee their homes and make the long journey north."
"I hope you see this tool as one way to advance the administration's big picture goals of post-pandemic stabilization and recovery."