Bill Keating

Democracy is just not a privilege to be taken for granted but a responsibility and a shared one.

In response to Lukashenko's crackdown at home in support for Russia's war, the United States, in concert with our European allies, has active forcefully to impose costs on the regime.

Lukashenko has also extended his repression to Belarusians living outside the country.

Over the last 3 years since the protests took place, Lukashenko's crackdown has only intensified.

Those in the streets were not only protesting the brutal and authoritarian crackdown of Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus through multiple fraudulent elections, but they were advocating for the protection of their civil and human…

The Presidential elections in August 2020 in Belarus marked a new chapter in the country's history.

I look forward to hearing from our witnesses today how U.S. assistance can better be directed and what we can do to increase the pressure on Lukashenko and his master, Vladimir Putin.

Those are strong words when you say it is like Stalin's time in your country.

I wonder to the extent that the people of Belarus understand how they have been used, how they are in jeopardy...

I just like to make sure there is a strong bipartisan support here for the appointment of a special envoy.

I think our border is in crisis. I think we have to do something about it.

We need to find a more stable way for Armenia to govern itself and to have the Russian peacekeepers leave when their 5-year term is up in another year and a half.

It works remarkably well.

One of those areas there was reports that have indicated that Russia has been using its influence with the post-Soviet states in the region to circumvent U.S. and European sanctions in aid of their war effort in Ukraine.

It is my hope that 1 day the region will seek true, lasting peace, free from Russian and Iranian malign influence.

I was extremely disappointed that Baku amended the active diplomatic efforts to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh issue and instead chose to retake the region by force.

I'm leading a letter to the Pakistani government to try and have them reconsider their actions they're taking because fundamentally they're at the crux of this particular crisis.

I just want to be clear on that so that it's very clear for the record that the United States does not recognize the Taliban.

I would have voted yes on Castro Amendment No. 75.

I would have voted yes on H. Res. 559.

The United States stands behind Israel in the face of these barbaric attacks and condemns Hamas in the harshest possible terms.

Discrimination against one is discrimination against all, an important lesson that we should remember today.

Perhaps this is a good time. I sat here and thought back at the early lessons of my life.

I would have voted yes to report H.R. 2973.

Equating Hamas with the Palestinians is wrong for several reasons.