Chris Coons

I will tell you that we filed a complaint against China in the WTO I think successfully asserting that China is unfairly restricting U.S. chicken imports.

I was clear with you that intellectual property is also a significant concern of mine.

I am encouraged by your statement in your opening that you have remained in awe of our Foreign Service Officers.

China has become the dominant investor and player in Africa, eclipsing even the United States.

Thank you, Mr. Friedman for your willingness to serve the U.S. Government and the America people.

Thank you, Mr. Ueland, for your service.

And I would argue that to the extent elected officials at the Federal, state and local levels embrace and engage with and represent the American Muslim community, the more likely we are to be successful.

I am very interested in your calling for the next administration to have an assistant to the president who would expressly be focused on building public-private partnerships and countering violent extremism goals.

The U.S. must have capable partners, especially in the developing world, where states are often too weak to defend themselves fully.

Countries look to the U.S. for leadership. If we are able to make those contributions, we know that it will stimulate other countries to do the same.

If you look even at Power Africa investments, the power infrastructure that MCC has invested in, there are tariff reforms associated with that.

We need to look differently at how we do emergency response for refugees and how we do sustainable development.

Given 65 million refugees, I am struck at just how much human need continues to spread into previously unexpected places.

I just do not want those who might be watching or listening to get the mistaken impression that there is just huge amounts of excess aid.

I am a strong believer in the potential of U.S. foreign assistance, not just to provide vital, even lifesaving, support, but also to strengthen our leadership role in the world.

I also believe that U.S. taxpayers should not be committed indefinitely to assistance without reasonable metrics for its impact and its outcome.

That's why the Obama administration is proposing legislation to require all companies formed in the United States to identify their 'beneficial ownership.'

We know you don't control what happens in Russia or the Congo, but you do control what happens in America.

That legislation is the Master Limited Partnerships (MLP) Parity Act (S. 1656), which includes support from a bipartisan group of Senators.

Thank you, Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Wyden, for the opportunity to provide testimony for the record as a part of your oversight hearing on Federal energy tax policy on June 14, 2016.

There is relatively little time left for Congress to act in a way that would send a clear and strong signal about our intentions and our concerns about the DRC and future elections in other countries.

It is my hope--and you have both worked very hard on this--that our EU allies will be advancing and continuing sanctions.

I would say that that is the number-one trajectory we have to work with regard to the missile threat now.

The United States and India are partners in the context of global nonproliferation efforts and share a commitment to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery.

I view Iran as a very dangerous country, and so I am quite cautious and concerned.