Chris Van Hollen

We are deeply committed to doing the same this year.

We will continue to promote accountability for Assad and his atrocities.

Hope is not a national security strategy.

The United States must demonstrate we have the will as well as the military capabilities if absolutely necessary to defend our people and our interest.

A return to the 2015 nuclear deal is not around the corner and I believe it is not in the U.S. strategic interest.

Iran will never get a nuclear weapon on my watch.

One of the most important roles for the EPA Administrator and EPA in the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay is to demonstrate leadership and a commitment to a restored Bay.

Ensuring that we are on the right pathway to meet our rapidly approaching 2025 clean-up deadline is critical.

This is a desperate situation around the country.

This is desperately needed.

I hope the committee will strongly support the request in this area.

I think the President had a $100 million increase there. A number of us are pushing for a $600 million increase.

This has been a bipartisan effort.

I just want to underscore my support for moving in that direction.

This is a way to work--accelerate the effort to break out of the legacy of redlining.

I think the Ukrainian farmers want to plant. They do have control of the country and--but they got to be able to get it out.

I just urge you to continue to support that effort.

While Putin is killing innocent people in Ukraine he is also making people around the world go more hungry and leading them to the verge of starvation.

I appreciate the support AID is providing through nongovernment organizations and making sure we do not do anything to support the Taliban.

We will look into that.

I think, as he indicated, we can find a way to help people without in any way strengthening or reinforcing the Taliban government.

Let me in my remaining time here, first associate myself with the comments of Senator Murphy with respect to Afghanistan and the situation there.

I think the world, at least outside of Russia, knows that Putin is killing people indiscriminately in Ukraine.

I am confident that--I am increasingly confident we will have bipartisan support here.

My concern here, on the financial side, has been the need to plug more holes with secondary sanctions.