Safety issues to me are extremely important. We had a record number of deaths in highway accidents the first 6 months of this year, over 20,000 fatalities.

If you delay, it is denied. We recognize that.

as we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, we join together to acknowledge and express our appreciation for Hispanic communities across America and their innumerable gifts to our diverse Nation. Hispanic individuals have been…

That is an area that I am sure we are going to put more attention to as we get later to the restitution issues in Ukraine itself.

How can the Federal Government help you do this?

The atrocities are continuing, so our spotlight on those committing these atrocities need to keep up with, unfortunately, the activities that are occurring through Mr. Putin's direction.

Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

We could help, the Federal Government, in providing the resources for technical assistance for communities that have challenges working through the application process for grants and eligibility.

I wish to commend the adoption of the resolution of ratification with respect to Treaty Document No. 117-1, amendment to the Montreal Protocol. Adopting the Kigali Amendment, as it is better known, will formalize the U.S. commitment to…

Winning this war is holding Russia accountable in addition to protecting Ukraine's sovereignty.

This property has been reprogrammed. We now have Amazon, Home Depot, Under Armour, BMW, Volkswagen.

I know my time is just about out, but I think Mr. Goldstein might want to add something to this.

We should be looking at ways that we can strengthen the sanctions.

I think Mr. Goldstein might want to add something to this.

Assure me that is not the case in your work.

The brownfields legislation has been critically important.

we have a 50-50 Senate, with 50 Republicans and 50 Democrats. Vice President Harris provides the Democrats with our majority. The House of Representatives has a very slim Democratic majority: currently, 221 to 212, with 2 vacancies. When…

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One of our concerns is that whenever there are vulnerable people who migrate, there is always the risk factor of traffickers and victims of trafficking and the dangers, et cetera, so clear information is vitally important.

Chairman Menendez and I have been working on the Legal Goldmining Partnership Act of 2022 to crack down on the harmful practice of illegal gold mining.

On the migrant issues--the surrounding countries--I work with Senator Blunt in regards to Colombia.

We have limited ability to influence the outcome and it strikes me that the best thing that we can do is something we are doing, but we might be able to do more of and that is humanitarian support for the Venezuelan people.

Let us not forget that this crisis has forced nearly 7 million people... the world hardly whispers about the nearly 7 million people who have fled Venezuela since 2014.

There are many tragedies in Venezuela, including the human rights violations and the lack of democratic governance.

I want to be clear, this committee believes in diplomacy and Congress has long supported and continues to support a negotiated solution to Venezuela's crisis, but a one-sided deal with a regime that kidnaps American citizens to increase…