Mark Kirk: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm pleased to be back here today as ranking member of this subcommittee.”

DJT, Donald Jonathan Trump, he's a malignant clown, a malignant clown unprepared and unfit to be president of the United States.

I would urge the State Department... to continue to press the Government of Iran to fully cooperate in our efforts to find Robert and bring him home.

I am dismayed that... not once did the Administration ever share that this was a pending item and/or that it was in the midst of a potential negotiation.

I am disappointed that we do not have a representative from the Administration here today.