Chris Coons

I think our folks in OFAC in the Department of the Treasury do an excellent job, but we need our allies, in particular some of our European allies, to be more engaged and more forthcoming.

On international exchanges, I too am concerned that there is a proposed 50 percent cut in a number of these programs.

Thank you to all of you and to your families for your willingness to step forward and serve our Nation.

I think it is an enormously successful program.

You will need to work colleagues in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) to create a comprehensive human rights agenda that takes all human rights concerns into account.

I have listened to some of my more senior colleagues in open committee discuss what we are seeing in Yemen right now and our participation in many ways with the Saudis in what has been--I should not say our participation--what the Saudis…

I am deeply concerned about the government's crackdown on human rights and civil liberties, especially in the Anglophone portions of Cameroon.

We deplore the loss of life. And we have expressed to the government that disproportionate use of force in these kinds of situations is not acceptable.

I would hope, if you are to be confirmed, to have the opportunity to pursue further with you a discussion about how we might access the Indian market for this tasty, high quality American agricultural export.

I have introduced a bipartisan bill that would require the U.S. Government to develop a 10-year strategy to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths by 2035.

And so I really do worry about the abuses right now that some of the security forces are engaging in against civilians and how they can be a powerful recruitment tool for terrorist organizations.

The U.S.-Africa relationship is critical and where developments in terms of the balance between security and economic partnership and cooperation, human rights, and the promotion of democracy is more important really than it has ever been.

Obviously, the H1B visa has been an important part of the India-U.S. relationship.

I promise you that I will carry that message forward.

Our ongoing humanitarian assistance in countries from South Sudan to Nigeria to Somalia continues to save lives, and our aid and support of democracy has helped ensure relatively peaceful democratic transfers of power in countries like…

That would help the fragmentation of Europe. That would be a big win for those who want Europe to fall apart.

We must work to keep Turkey, long the linchpin of NATO's southern flank, firmly anchored in the transatlantic community.

I appreciate in your written statement, in your opening statement, and in our private conversation, the clarity and forcefulness of your view about Russia's malign actions in our election, in the region against our alliances in Western…

I think that is the target, to undercut the credibility of the political system, which is the most nefarious approach that one can take to another nation-state.

I believe that we are safest and strongest when we lead with our values.

I think you represent the very best of public service and of leadership at home and abroad.

Are you concerned that, if President Trump fails to certify Iranian compliance with the nuclear deal, absent any credible evidence of Iranian cheating within the four corners of the deal, that will deeply strain our relations with our…

It is a top-down-driven redesign. I would be challenged to find a single employee who thinks that many of these policies are in the best interest of the State Department.

I am committed to advancing that dialogue as I engage with senior leadership in the--in Bahrain, in the Government.

I am, frankly, gravely concerned, given the role that Vladimir Putin's Russia has played in the North Korean challenge, in Ukraine, in our recent election, that he will choose this moment to actively engage in opposition to our interests…