There has been a division in Congress over the support for the Iran agreement, but there has been no division in Congress about the importance of the congressional review and the ongoing commitment that Congress has in the implementation…

I look forward to hearing from Ms. Galt on how we can strengthen this critical partnership between our nations.

I look forward to hearing from Mr. Davies today on how we can maintain and grow our strong relationship while exerting efforts to see Thailand successfully move back to the democratic path.

What role will you play in supporting efforts to see that next year's Presidential elections are free and fair?

Trafficking in persons is modern day slavery.

How about getting in the top five rather than number 16? I hope that you will work for that.

In our hemisphere, the countries that are represented here are all democratic countries in that they all have the institutions of democracy.

We are going to be insisting upon the good governance, anti-corruption issues.

Corruption is a considerable impediment to development across the world, including in Africa.

I look forward to hearing from Mr. Heidt on moving the democratic process forward, but also assisting Cambodia with its economic and development challenges.

I guess I would encourage you to be specific with the Burmese as to what they need to do in order to go to the next level.

In my opinion, the most important impact of my actions came in the winter of 2013-2014, when Ukrainians struggled to build their democracy and rose up against former president Viktor Yanukovych.

How the United States responds to that is, to many of us, is an indication of whether we will demand zero tolerance for violations and strict compliance.

I strongly support the President's initiatives in Central America, but I do not think it is enough.

Trafficking is a serious problem, and I must tell you, we very much want our mission in the Caribbean Islands to give us a strong report.

I think in a different setting we should talk about the different avenues of where we can stop the flow of revenues coming in to ISIL.

This is our opportunity.

Impunity is not an option.

Let me start by thanking Senator Gardner for arranging this hearing on these five important nominations.

We need to get a clear message out on anti-corruption that it is going to be tough love.

Each one of you has served your Nation in an extraordinary way in a career of public service, and we thank you and your families, because we know it is a family sacrifice.

Brazil is facing a difficult moment. It is a mature democracy. It is the second largest economy in the hemisphere.

I believe we have an opportunity. Chile is a TPP country, and all the TPP countries do understand that they need to make the agreement commitments a reality before this will go into effect.

We cannot accept that. What is your strategy to use the tools of our embassy to get a more open society and protecting journalists?

We need similar creative thoughts in dealing with hunger.