I guarantee you that every ounce of this stuff that is brought out of the ground in the United States of America will be done so in a much more environmentally friendly way than it is anywhere else in the world.

It is also imperative that we defend against countries like China and Russia who place commerce at the service of their political objectives.

I would not say that industry is in a panic, but I would say that industries, many of them, are deeply concerned about critical minerals and their ability to get them.

Leading, promoting, and protecting economic freedom should be a major goal of the United States.

We face severe economic challenges here at home, and many of our partners struggle with post-COVID economies or political instability.

The truth is State Department's continued promise to develop a workforce that looks like America is not centered and representing all of America based on things like geographic diversity.

If you do not open up these ports, it is a declaration of war against food security.

This is not a crisis. It is a brutal, unprovoked war that has taken a massive toll.

This is their fault. It is no fault of the Ukraine or any other country. Russia made this decision by itself.

Hungry people cannot eat transportation costs. It is time to end this brand of corporate welfare.

It is not Ukraine's fault. It is not sanctions. It is their brutal war against Ukraine.

I think that, better than anything, demonstrates the cavalier, nonchalant, careless attitude that China and the other people that are complicit with Russia in this have.

Talk is wonderful, but doing something on the ground is so much more important, and it is not happening.

No nation on Earth has done more to reduce global hunger and stimulate agriculture-led economic growth than the United States of America.

Food security is national security.

This is all Putin's. It is all Russia's fault.

Senator Risch spoke to.

When that happens, you sit here and you wonder, what is this United Nations for anyway?

Putin knows... he has closed the Odessa ports... with malice aforethought, with a black and abandoned heart.

In this war, Putin is using food as a weapon, with the ultimate goal of starving the world into submission.

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

With Russia pulling back in the region there is now a limited opportunity for the U.S. to take a stronger role and to help end the bloodshed.

I will work with the Slovak government to diminish Russia's capacity to foil U.S. and EU sanctions.

I commend our diplomats in Moscow for continuing to keep our embassy operational in spite of these challenges.