"I have been intrigued by the fact that the Chinese have been modestly successful in these policing agreements that they have entered into with some of the countries."
"this is a bipartisan issue, and we should do that."
"I passed the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act--I assume you are familiar with that--and it was in 2022, and it provides State with much needed flexibilities to stand up our oversea..."
"When President Biden ordered an extraordinary draw down of the Emerson Trust in April of 2022 it took 12 months and $388 million to transport $282 million worth of food."
"I mean, we all want to do something about it, but somebody needs to tell us what the money is going to go for, what a path forward is there for, and you have described the situation as bleak."
"Let us be clear. Congress will never appropriate its way out of this current global food security crisis."
"Well, I appreciate that and certainly those efforts are laudable and need to be doubled down because there is nothing more frustrating than trying to do the right thing and then seeing things wind up ..."
"We never talked about it, and I am not going to get into the details here but one of the real things that we really need to focus on is not a drop of oil moves without it going into a ship, and that s..."
"Money is the sinews of war. Iran understands that. If you do not go after the money, it is just not a serious strategy."
"Congress should unite to send a message to Tehran that its terrorism comes at a significant cost."
"I think it is a smart approach to target Iran's illegal oil smuggling to China."