I am committed to evaluating on an ongoing basis the range of foreign policy tools at our disposal that can best achieve our objectives, enhance our national security, and improve the dire situation in Venezuela.

This is a very important commitment. It is a very important part of this job, and I think it is really important for those interested in human rights globally and in China to know that they are going to have an ambassador willing to raise…

If at any time there is a need for greater services, it is important for those of us here on these committees to know about it.

Peru has seen enormous growth, as you pointed out, and they have seen a reduction in poverty as a result as well, about a half-way reduction in poverty in Peru.

Are each of you committed and prepared, able, and willing to defend such unilateral measures on the part of the administration if that is the direction they go with regard to punishing those responsible for basically trying to nullify the…

the fact that it is not full of Senators is actually a good sign.

I believe the Cuban people are deserving of freedom and democracy just like the people in the Dominican Republic have...

It is important for us so we can advocate for it.

If those go unanswered, if we allow the Iranian regime, just as in the past we have allowed Russia or North Korea or other violators to test the waters of our commitment to these legally binding agreements or politically binding…

I am an enormous supporter, as is the ranking member, of the Alliance for Prosperity.

The United States' commitment to Article 5 is ironclad.

Human rights in Cuba remain a significant concern. President Trump's new Cuba policy is an important step in the right direction to put pressure on the Government to address these troubling issues.