Thank you, Dr. Weber, and thanks for underscoring the point, too, that today's hearing and much of what we talk about is not about the Russian people themselves.

This ongoing attack by the Putin regime on Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty's operation in Russia, is an example of how the autocrat in the Kremlin will use any means necessary to silence voices he cannot control.

Anti-corruption measures must be at the forefront of our foreign policy strategy, as dirty money impoverishes everyday citizens from its origin and it stains its destination.

You know, just in the last couple of days we had a landmark decision affecting U.S. energy policy here in the United States with the record of decision on Vineyard Wind.

I think I made it clear, you know, that, even as a person with Irish heritage--my grandparents emigrated from Ireland to the U.S. I am speaking as an American, however, when I want to just point to the fact there is great pride in what the…

I cannot recall one instance meeting with Irish officials when the sincere gratitude for what they term to us, the indispensable U.S. involvement in the Good Friday Agreement was not expressed.

the United States really insisting on the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement with that one would be excellent.

I thank the ranking member for his comments, and also for the bipartisan spirit he demonstrated in those, and to really send a signal to everyone, that on the issue of Ireland, that we are together across the aisle.

I want to encourage my colleagues to get up to speed if you are not on the ABMS [Advanced Battle Management System] system and some of the potential gaps or--or not potential, but the very real gaps that we have in the ability to pick up…

The Burmese military is notorious for its use of sexual and gender-based violence as a weapon of war.

I actually like the concept. But I do want to make sure that, you know, if we did end up in a scenario where we needed to be doing a lot of launches, that we would not be totally dependent on publicly traded companies to do that.