Christopher Coons

In the defense of Israel against 300 missiles and drones fired by Iran, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the U.K., France would not have joined us in the defense of Israel but for President Biden's leadership.

The government has a critical role in leveling the playing field.

If we are to sustain our democracy it is important that we take action and continue to maintain what we have created.

It is long past time for us to be more engaged, effective, and purposeful in meeting this moment.

I am a huge fan of the State Partnership Program.

I co-led a letter with Senator Barrasso to continue, frankly, to complete what has been, I think, an important acquisition process that helps support national security and ensure interoperability.

Please continue to support it robustly. And I will continue to advocate for that.

I am as concerned about Forces in Somalia and Northeastern Kenya, as I am about Forces in Iraq and Syria.

I enacted the Global Fragility Act (GFA) 4 years ago with 26 bipartisan cosponsors in order to prevent violence and promote stability.

I worked for years, in a bipartisan way, on combating wildlife trafficking, in no small part because that is often an entryway to then much larger corruption.

One of our main messages is the rule of law does not work if it is just one sided.

I want to congratulate you, Chairman Cardin, on seeing the Combatting Global Corruption Act become law.

Combatting corruption is critical. It is also strategically important in the sub-Saharan region.

If we were to successfully earn the reputation for being champions of rule of law and anti-corruption in the region, I think it would be a significant competitive advantage for us.

We are looking for a vehicle that will survive across several Administrations and put in place long term blended finance opportunities.

Senator Graham and I have introduced legislation to create an international foundation for food security.

I could not agree more with the ranking member that we have worked, many of us for many years, on cargo preference to improve efficiency.

I am pleased that the Biden administration has made food security a priority.

I believe strongly as many of my colleagues and both parties do as well that food security is a human right.

Thanks to the generosity of American farmers we are saving lives around the world.

We need to incorporate state of the art forecasting data to understand threats and changes to food security.

It is important as democratic governance in preserving stability and security.

The Crown Prince is very clear, there has to be an end to fighting in Gaza and there has to be a path toward Palestinian self-determination.

I think we have to restore a deterrence against Iran.

There can be no future unless there is a political and economic horizon for the Palestinian and the Israeli people.