Todd Young

I have really enjoyed working with you on this and other issues, Senator Merkley.

We want to have as clear of an understanding as possible on what is really happening in each of these four countries.

I believe, based on today's testimony from earlier panels, that a case can definitely be made that the Saudis are, in fact, violating Customary International Humanitarian Law Rule 55.

I will continue to work tirelessly to ensure that all nations are contributing financially to end these global crises.

We must take concerted action to build peace and stability in these nations through any means possible.

I, for one, am most interested in identifying and catalyzing additional specific actions that other governments, NGOs, and multilateral institutions can take.

So you have indicated 17 million food insecure. How many have been infected by cholera, something reported a lot recently?

I think it is really important in the wake of flashy press conferences and the distribution of glossy brochures around Washington, D.C., among our opinion leaders that pledges are fulfilled.

Thank you for the late push for the diplomatic surge resolution that we have called for.

Do you support the World Food Programme's request to have the four USAID-funded cranes delivered to Hodeidah?

I am proud we have come together around this issue here, as you indicated, Republicans and Democrats, Congress, the administration.

We cannot debate clearly the World Food Programme and other humanitarian agencies do not have the access that they need.

The blockade is still in place to this day.

They remind us we are talking about real people who need urgent help.

These are from the four famine countries.

I look forward to working with you to learn more about this challenge, and perhaps review the evidence to ensure that that investment is really going to improve the circumstances of those who need it.

My hope is that this hearing will build some momentum and result in some tangible, additional steps being taken on the backend to alleviate the horrible suffering in each of these four countries.

I want to thank the Ambassador and Secretary for your hard work on this important issue of trafficking.

There's clearly an importance of collecting the relevant data, of standardizing that data, of disseminating it to decisionmakers and analysts.

I represented one of the counties in our Nation that's been worst hit by the opioid epidemic in recent years, Scott County, Indiana.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 20; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the remarks of our Democratic colleagues. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

Well, thank you, Chairman, for holding this hearing, and I want to thank our panelists for their testimony here today.

I come to the Senate floor today to express my support for S.J. Res. 42 and my opposition to the transfer of specific defense articles to the Government of Saudi Arabia. I have arrived at this decision after extensive research and careful…

Would you be willing, Secretary Tillerson, to meet with me, Senator Shaheen, and some of these panelists to discuss the findings of this task force?