Ben Cardin

Thailand has had a significant problem with trafficking in persons.

The prospects for effective action within the Security Council itself on the situation in Ukraine are limited by Russia's veto power.

The United States remains committed to strengthening our partnership with Hungary, where we believe the threats to democracy are real and merit our determined attention.

I am committed to supporting Ukraine and holding Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government to account across international fora.

I just want to thank all of our nominees for their willingness to serve.

Russia's unprovoked war against Ukraine is horrific and unjustifiable.

I just really want to underscore the importance for the U.S. Embassy to be a refuge for the human rights defenders within Hungary.

I think your background in regards to war crimes is something that could be extremely helpful to us as we look at the challenges that we have in regards to holding Russia accountable for its activities in Ukraine.

This funding request is critical to achieving the Administration's climate goals and reaching the $11.4 billion annual climate finance goal laid out by the President.

He is, obviously, watching very closely what is happening with Sweden and Finland.

We are, today, concerned about the expansion as it relates to Finland and Sweden, but we also need to be concerned of the focus in the Black Sea.

We certainly urge that we have to make sure that that is constructive and timely.

I am very proud to partner with Senator Graham on the Coastal Habitat Conservation Act.

One of the things I really enjoy about this Committee is that we do work together, Democrats and Republicans.

The current high-skilled visa program needs to be reformed so that we are selecting those that possess the highest skills needed to grow our economy.

Those who did not receive it are having a much more difficult time competing.

Thank you, Senator Hirono.

The labor shortage today has made it much worse.

We do not want the abuse of Interpol to, essentially, go after dissidents or even just everyday Syrians living abroad--expatriates--pressured by the regime.

The welcoming of Assad is not welcomed here in the United States

I would suggest that the timing on some of these issues could very well be impacted by the--what is happening in the region as far as Assad being welcomed in other countries.

Lastly, let me just underscore we have a lot of tools at our disposal, including enhanced sanctions and other ways that we can express our concerns about the continued conduct of the Assad regime.

The sanctions to really work against Russia. The number-one priority here is to cut off the money for the war machine in Russia.

We cannot return to business as usual with projects like Nord Stream 2.

For the life of me, I could never understand why Germany went forward with Nord Stream 2 from the beginning.