"It might be good to make people aware of that history. It is part of our history. It is not that unusual."
"We have seen Germany step up. Whether it is reacting to the poisoning by Putin of Navalny, we have seen them take an increasing leadership role."
"the idea of public trust as fundamental to democracy and that is where transparency, that is where suppression of our intelligence information, perhaps with our allied but even at home, is such a dist..."
"intelligence needs calling out the people that are attacking our democracy in a very clear and unambiguous way, particularly Russia."
"Our allies have come together in unprecedented ways in Europe under the COVID-19 pandemic."
"Didn't Mexico--Mexico participated in this, yet the U.S. is absent. Forty-seven countries pledging to this, and do not you think that undercuts our efforts?"
"It just strikes me as we are making a statement and a contradictory one to everything you said."
"I really think it is sending some kind of message to our close allies."
"You cannot see how that undercuts your mission?"
"We think this is a smart piece of legislation and authorizing and, you know, funding CEPI would be incredibly helpful."
"We are tragically on our way to 600,000 deaths from COVID-19 worldwide during what has been the most significant upheaval in global security and stability since World War II."
"Let's be clear: Taiwan is an independent nation, and China, the Chinese Communist Party specifically, is not a friend."