Throughout my career, I have been engaged in promoting human rights.

I maintained close personal relations with leading human rights figures.

I think you can play a really critical role here because there is a lot of activity by UAE and the Kingdom here in Washington, and there is a lot of engagement.

But, there is times that you need congressional understanding in order to perceive.

I hope that you can recognize that we are going to follow up on this.

U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA should make clear to all the United States commitment to ensuring an effective global nuclear nonproliferation regime.

I remain deeply concerned about the approximate 5,300 Nicaraguans who will be forced to return to Nicaragua in early 2019 because of the Trump administration's decision.

It was appropriate that this year's Summit of the Americas topic was democratic governance against corruption.

I am a supporter of regional organizations.

I hope you would agree with me that it is important to avoid any action that would create or appear to create a situation where U.S. Government resources are used to benefit the personal financial interests of U.S. Government officials…

A strong and healthy democracy in Poland is a vital component of U.S.-Polish relations.

If confirmed, I will seek to maintain and further strengthen MCC's commitment to partnering only with countries committed to just and democratic governance and to controlling corruption.

I would welcome Ms. Williams' thoughts on that, particularly the Caribbean Basin Security Initiatives.

American values to me are our strength. And we have got to be pretty clear about it.

Will you make this a personal priority of yours to resolve this particular open case against an American?

I hope that China and Russia would also play a constructive role.

The most pressing human rights issues for the IDB are lack of respect for human rights and democratic freedoms.

the promotion and defense of human rights and democracy is central to U.S. national security and prosperity.

I opened the Ambassador's residence on an ongoing basis for round table discussions.

It is important that we have unfiltered information in order to be able to make our judgments.

The United States will apply unprecedented financial pressure on the Iranian regime and the leaders in Tehran will have no doubt about our seriousness.

We need to be on guard for cracks in our own democratic institutions...

Would you commit, if confirmed, to come back to this committee either in an open or closed session and be able to answer these questions for us?

I believe particularly in an agency like the MCC it leads to better decision-making and, if confirmed, I would seek to grow the agency's diversity.

Now is the time for the parties to be creative and flexible.