Chris Van Hollen

They withheld money for weapons for Ukraine. So for months they secretly withheld money that this Congress appropriated to help in the defense of Ukraine.

My view is our education funding should be as certain as funding for other mandatory programs, because we need to make sure that our kids and our schools know that money will be there, year for year, at the levels that are necessary.

This is an area that is here to stay and does require regulation, and we need to be very sort of up to speed on how we go about doing that.

So I want to press this point a little bit because it is getting to the other side of the equation...

I think it is fair to say, and I have been trying to follow the testimony from my office, is that for people who engage in ransomware, I mean, cryptocurrency is the preferred method of payment today.

China is hell-bent on bending fora like the UN to its will, and we do ourselves, our partners, or the cause of freedom any favors by absenting ourselves from them.

We have been clear to the Taliban that to earn legitimacy and credibility from the Afghan people and the international community, they will need to consistently respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Afghans.

Not enough is getting through. Most Russians, it sounds like anecdotally, support Putin's war because they believe Kremlin propaganda that Ukraine conducted aggression against Russia.

I think we need to continue to push the technological edge. I mean, this is the information equivalent of an arms race.

We just have so much work to do, and I think if Russians understood the truth they would see very clearly that this war is a big mistake.

In Putin's Russia him bringing down an Iron Curtain to keep out truth and information.

Many of these organizations are highly flawed, but robust engagement is often better than walking away from them.

The United States has made it clear that the Taliban should respect and uphold the rights of women and children in every aspect of Afghan society.

We can just as easily make it illegal. All of it.

In the case of Mr. Carlson, he actually provided the Russian talking point for them.

I think that this means that we need to shift from an era of bullhorn digital broadcasting, where we just put stuff out, to a new era of digital samizdat.

The United States and the rest of the responsible world are uniting to stand with Ukraine and surge assistance across all sectors.

We must capitalize on this resurgence of democratic fervor to successfully combat the growing threat of authoritarianism and the United States must lead the way.

We must support and protect human rights defenders, democracy activists, and civil society organizations who are on the frontlines of this global struggle.

We have the power to destroy this business model.

We have been working with Ukrainians to make sure that these biological weapons labs are used for civilian purposes and not for military purposes.

There is no greater proof of the need for bold action to combat authoritarianism than Putin's brutal effort to occupy Ukraine and destroy its democracy.

I will be introducing the Global Voices of Freedom Act, which will strengthen protections for democracy and human rights defenders across the world.

We need far more creative thinking about how we cannot just survive the war in Ukraine, but win the war in Ukraine.

Do not believe the propaganda. They are lying to you.