"President Biden's decision to provide Venezuelans with temporary protected status last year was the right choice, after President Trump only paid lip service to Venezuelan Americans."
"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..."
"Seventy-four percent of the humanitarian contributions for humanitarian aid through the U.N. program are from the United States."
"There are many tragedies in Venezuela, including the human rights violations and the lack of democratic governance."
"On the migrant issues--the surrounding countries--I work with Senator Blunt in regards to Colombia."
"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..."
"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."
"the balance between dealing with keeping our communities safe in the transportation programs and making sure that we can move people around our country."
"the major changes in the Bipartisan Infrastructure package was a significant increased capacity on the Transportation Alternative Programs."
"I think the key here is balance. We recognize how important transportation infrastructure is to our economies."
"Quite frankly, it has worked in the past. We have had States that have really stepped up and have carried this out appropriately."
"In Baltimore, we have the famous Franklin Mulberry Corridor, which was a highway to nowhere that divided inner city communities."