I remain deeply concerned about the lack of initiative the international community has shown.

If confirmed, I am committed to addressing the humanitarian situation affecting millions of Venezuelans both inside the country and the millions who have fled to neighboring countries.

Diversity is appropriate.

Men make nuclear weapons more dangerous.

I mean, if they will not make the commitment before they get the money, how in the world can you possibly think they will make the commitment after they get the money?

I remain exceedingly concerned about the malign influence of China and Russia throughout our hemisphere and the apparent increase of that.

His repression, corruption, and mismanagement have created one of the worst humanitarian crises this hemisphere has seen.

these kind of questions can be answered and answered clearly.

What Putin has seen is the President mobilizing the international community both in support of Ukraine and to isolate Russia for its actions in Ukraine, and Russia is paying a clear cost for that.

But compare that to China, which, according to a hearing that Senator Booker and I had on combating disinformation recently, China spends over $10 billion a year in state-sponsored disinformation operations.

It is an American issue. I know Senator Menendez has strong concerns in this regard also and I hope we will work together.

Endorsing the responsibility to protect is one thing; acting on it is another.

Unless we do something now it will happen again.

I think about standing up to China, and I think that from what I have heard today that you would be interested in engaging on that issue even more, particularly as it relates to human rights and the Uighurs and other ethnic minorities and…

I look forward to working with him and with the committee as we move legislation forward.

But if we are going to have the support of the United States, it cannot just be one branch of government.

It is heartbreaking and it is tragic and it will go down in American history as one of the most shameful chapters because of our failure and the President's personal decision not to arm the Free Syrian Army when all of his key national…

I believe history will hold this administration accountable.

The Biden-Harris administration is committed to advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

The United States and the European Union are natural partners to write the rules of the road for the 21st century economy.

The role of the USAID administrator is an important one.

The challenges before us are immense.

The upcoming U.N. Security Council (UNSC) Syria Cross Border mandate renewal is of grave concern to me and my colleagues in Congress.

I and a lot of my colleagues here were deeply, deeply disappointed, as you know, in your performance in negotiating in getting to the JCPOA.