"I guess if I was sitting in Iran I would say the U.S. sanctioned us--so what. What do we care? I mean, this is a joke."
"It sure seems to me that it would be very difficult to argue that there is not backsliding going on."
"There is deep concern about President de Silva's recent decision to welcome two sanctioned Iranian warships into Brazilian ports."
"What good does sanctioning do if you do not do anything about it when a country like this takes the action it did?"
"If I was another country I would say well, look, the U.S. asked them not to dock."
"Venezuela is an unabated disaster."
"I was also disappointed President de Silva turned down Germany's request for ammunition Ukraine needs to defend its sovereign territory against the unprovoked Russian invasion and occupation."
"The United States has an enduring interest in our prosperous, democratic, and stable Western Hemisphere."
"If you cut the State Department, I am going to need you to buy me more bullets."
"You can't undial this. You cannot take back the atrocities that we have seen perpetrated on the innocent people of Ukraine."
"This is not a partisan issue. This is an American issue."