Chris Van Hollen

This work is far from simple and requires our full effort and attention but, thankfully, the Department has moved full steam ahead to help those hardest hit, jumpstart our recovery, and pave the way to a fairer economy.

There just seems to be a disconnect, right, between the fact that this U.N. panel of experts... and yet, we have not yet imposed secondary sanctions.

I think we were both pleased to see the Biden administration sanction 24 officials under that legislation.

The question of sanctions is one of the critical tools that we use in our foreign policy

I was opposed to the easing of those sanctions, but it is critically important that all terms of this agreement be fully met by Deripaska.

CAATSA, which I helped write, remains the law of the land and provides a congressionally mandated sanctions framework on Russia.

Significant progress has been made in implementing the Tenant Bill of Rights as required by Congress.

I absolutely believe that putting limits on, and having international regimes, and treaties, et cetera, to limit weapons, especially weapons like those, I think is always in our national interest.

Do you agree that extension to the New START is in our national security interest?

The Department cannot unilaterally change the terms of the complex, public-private partnerships that established the MHPI housing projects.

I do look forward to working with you and your team to make sure we get that critical program back on the budget.

The Department has issued all policy guidance necessary to implement prospectively all 18 Military Housing Privatization Initiative tenant rights.

I am pleased that the FY22 budget turns away from those cuts and authorizes a 2-percent increase in military, medical end strength.

I believe extending the New START Agreement is very much in our national security interest.

First, we have to undo the damage that was done through the previous administration's actions.

Madam Secretary, it's great to you see and your team, and I appreciate the budget proposal you've put forward.

I was pleased to see you quickly reverse the M Opinion.

I would like your commitment to work with this subcommittee, the Appropriations Committee, in providing the funds...

I was pleased to see the President requested funds for the Civilian Climate Corps.

One of the shortcomings of the proposed American Jobs Plan is that it does not create a major additional source of funds for the affordable housing voucher programs.

In fact, Senator Todd Young from Indiana and I have introduced bipartisan legislation to expand the use of vouchers for families with young kids.

What did that do to education, in science, and technology, and engineering, and mathematics? For a whole two generations that excitement about space flight rippled through those generations.

We will be working again on a bipartisan basis, I hope, to make sure that we fund that important program.

We are strongest when we put all of our talent on the playing field and that is of course true in the area of STEM.

I am pleased to see that the Biden administration budget, your budget includes funding for PACE, for OSAM-1, for Europa Clipper.