I think it is the stepchild of energy use. It gets short shrift, and yet it is the cheapest, fastest way to deal with our energy needs.

We have a backlog in our immigration courts.

This is particularly salient for me, having just returned from Ukraine and Georgia.

Can you tell me if the Department plans to continue this program and what the funding level will be?

the visit that you held with our journalists in Kiev was not just a strong symbol of support to them

I think it is very important that it continue.

One of the things we heard very loudly from our Ukrainian partners was just how devastating the loss of revenue will be once Russians stop using Ukraine as a transit route.

this committee and the Senate just passed a resolution condemning that attack, which I hope sends an important message not just to the Taliban, but to the women of Afghanistan.

I just returned from a trip to Kiev with my colleagues, Senators Murphy and Portman, who were also along.

The other piece is a future Afghanistan that does not uphold these basic rights, including the gains made for women and girls, is going to be a pariah internationally.

I hope that you will commit to doing everything you can to get that border opened so that the hardship that my constituents and other constituents are experiencing will end.

These allegations are very troubling, and it is my understanding that shortly after you were sworn in, ITMS was ordered to pause all criminal investigations.