Kit Bond: “Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. First, I commend the Secretary and the chairman for your great work.”

You mentioned that you are still confident in the official $5.8 billion estimate or whatever it was that OMB came up with.

I pledge to dedicate my skills and energy to strengthen our diplomatic and economic ties to Trinidad and Tobago to advance U.S. interests in the world and to promote American democratic values.

In King County, you would be out of business there?

I am humbled by the honorable mission President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Secretary Blinken have asked me to take on as Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago.