"One of the things I found particularly frustrating when I first got to the Senate was the fact that under our FEMA requirements you had to build back exactly the way it was before."
"we have a lot of tools through our public diplomacy platform"
"This week Russia walked away from continuing negotiations around New START, and given Vladimir Putin's rhetoric that heightens the nuclear threat because of the war in Ukraine, can you talk about how ..."
"the use of nuclear weapons would bring severe consequences and extremely irresponsible"
"In my years of government service, here in the Senate and in New Hampshire, I have seen the tremendous benefits of engaging closely with diaspora communities here at home."
"Accountability, transparency, oversight, return on investment are absolutely critical because if the money is not wisely spent, if we cannot account for the money, there will not be a next tranche."
"I would welcome the opportunity to work with you and your staff on those issues, should I be fortunate enough to be confirmed."
"I commit to this committee that this will be a part of my ongoing conversation with Russian officials that there will--this will never go unsaid, the importance of the release of the wrongfully detain..."
"we need to condemn their outrageous behavior in the war in Ukraine"
"What can you do as ambassador to help keep tension on those unjust detentions and what we can--what can we do to try and continue to urge Russia to release people who are being held?"
"It is an extraordinary testament to history's arc that I may have the honor to return there now to promote American values in the region."