We need an explanation of this.

This imbalance makes it really difficult to support.

I share that view and I hope others do so that we can move it rapidly through and not get hung up.

I believe support for PEPFAR remains strong because its success is measured in lives saved, and we have saved millions of lives.

Despite which party controls Congress, the White House, over the last 20 years the bipartisan coalition that supports PEPFAR remains strong.

This is a legacy which we can all be proud of. I urge my colleagues to join me in working to reauthorize PEPFAR without delay and without new mandates and directives.

thank you very much and thank you to Senator Kaine. I will start with this. There are a lot of things he said that I agree with, and, particularly, that part about him not getting very far with his looks and instead using persistence. I…

very briefly, first of all, I want to compliment Senator Hawley for pursuing this route. There isn't a person in this room, there isn't a person in America who doesn't want to see that every dollar spent for the taxpayers is looked after…

Democracy can only endure when they have institutions that are strong and can sustain them.

democracy is in decline, 17 years of consecutive decline according to Freedom House.

The United States has been the largest and most robust supporter of democracy and human rights around the world.

The Biden administration must not allow Taiwan to become the next Afghanistan.

Putin's war in Ukraine is the most blatant attack on democracy we have seen since the Cold War.

What we really need is action.

We strongly condemn this and Mr. Lai should be released immediately.

The next battleground for freedom and democracy will be Taiwan.

If you can peel off major people in the security forces and/or the military that changes the dynamics

I would like to call up Risch first-degree No. 1, also known as amendment No. 43. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Idaho [Mr. Risch] proposes an…

I ask unanimous consent to dispense with further reading of the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: On page 2, line 10, delete ``hereby repealed'' and insert ``repealed…

fellow Senators, I rise today to present this amendment as part of the process, as we process this repeal of the 2002 AUMF matter before the Senate right now. This particular exercise that we are doing, the amendment process is frequently…

I was deeply disappointed when I saw what was proposed here. The $16 million is--I mean, it is stunningly--if we are going to--if we are going to pursue the porcupine theory of how to defend Taiwan, I mean, the $16 million is--does not…

I really object to taking it away from them and putting it somewhere else.

Xi is no peacemaker. He seems ready to validate Russia's war crimes in Ukraine.

You cannot by force take another country's territory.

Our unity of purpose with our democratic allies and partners against Putin's illegal war is critical.