James E. Risch: “I hope to hear from you how the United States is planning to do more and faster to help defeat Russia in Ukraine and…”

For whatever reason the second branch of government is reluctant to anger other countries or look at the wrath of other countries, and that is just flat wrong.

The tool of choice for authoritarians these days is anti-nongovernmental organization laws, also referred to as foreign agent laws.

I think it is incumbent upon us as we go forward to do that, and I commit to you that we will continue to pursue that.

The tragic situations there cry out for us using every tool in our diplomatic toolbox to help deal with the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.