If we do not have democracy in the U.S. House right now we cannot expect to be the leader of democracy worldwide.

we're in the greatest threat globally that we have been in since World War II in this regard.

An area we haven't hit yet in our discussion is the nuclear area, which overlaps many of the things that your agencies are involved with.

This has to be done multilaterally, not----

We need to get our companies to report to their shareholders what they are doing to reduce their China risk.

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

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

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

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

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 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 rights.