Jim Risch actually said...

"If confirmed, I will work closely with the Latvian Government to strengthen Latvia and NATO's ability to defend Latvian borders against Russia's aggression."

"I will regularly engage with the ethnic Russian population in Latvia through trips to Russian-speaking regions and engagement with Russian-speaking minority groups."

"Putin continues his unjust, unprovoked, and inhumane war on Ukraine, which includes deliberate attacks on civilian critical infrastructure."

"I echo Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield's observation 'that a Mali isolated from its community of nations and ECOWAS is not where Mali wants to be.'"