"This is exactly what the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should be doing on oversight."
"There is a cultural problem within the State Department and this committee, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has the responsibility of oversight, of establishing the correct policy."
"I wanted to ask you first about the Foreign Service Institute as an institution and whether there are lessons to be learned..."
"The policies championed by Senate Democrats in the Paycheck Protection Program made later rounds of the Paycheck Protection Program more equitable and accessible for underserved communities."
"National Women's Small Business Month is particularly important in my home state of Maryland, as it boasts the highest concentration of women-owned small businesses in the country."
"I would just underscore the summit. We all support the summit being held and the President's leadership on that."
"We have also seen a decline within the mission's capacity to deal with the core values that make America the strong nation that it is in promoting democratic institutions and advancing human rights an..."
"I believe it is now time for Congress to modernize the Foreign Service Act of 1980."
"Your work has been incredible there on behalf of women, so thank you for your leadership on these issues."
"We are optimistic. We are working very closely with the Biden administration, and we are together in our priorities."
"We are going to make that one of the major centers of our Build Back Better budget that we are working on right now."