Jeanne Shaheen

This is an issue that is very personal for everyone on this committee because we see... overdose deaths from fentanyl.

The sultan of Oman gave an interview this February wherein he said that men and women are like the two wings of a bird, and without one wing, the bird cannot fly.

I would tell you that I, for one, am opposed to supporting--providing F-16s to Turkey until they have ratified that agreement.

I would tell you that I, for one, am opposed to supporting--providing F-16s to Turkey until they have ratified that agreement.

I think Sweden has moved very deliberately to address the concerns that were discussed with Turkey in terms of their accession into NATO.

I think Sweden has moved very deliberately to address the concerns that were discussed with Turkey in terms of their accession into NATO.

I think Sweden has moved very deliberately to address the concerns that were discussed with Turkey in terms of their accession into NATO.

I would tell you that I, for one, am opposed to supporting--providing F-16s to Turkey until they have ratified that agreement.

Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you to my colleague from Virginia, Senator Kaine. I am really pleased to join you on the floor in support of Dr. Gupta to be Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues at the Department of State…

I think, perhaps, I wasn't clear. I didn't talk about Dr. Gupta's position on reproductive rights for women. I talked about the role of the Office of Global Women's Issues. When I supported Kelley Currie, who was nominated by President…

I think maybe it is--we need to think about whether it is time to rethink our strategy on Georgia.

I think one of the things we have seen from the war in Ukraine is just how important that whole region is.

I also want to begin by thanking you and all of those at the State Department for your efforts to get the EUFOR mandate reauthorized.

I totally agree that the Georgian people are not the ones at fault here. It is their government.

The current Georgian Government said that candidate status was a key commitment that it was going to make.

The toughest sanctions ever on a country, and they were going to have certain impacts, and we have not seen the full impact

What are the other ways that we are hoping to apply pressure, increase the impact of the sanctions, for both of you really, as we think about going forward?

I appreciate that and I am sorry to interrupt, but my question is really more what are we doing to respond to that?

I am very pleased to be on the floor today with my colleague Senator Hirono to express our strong support for the nomination of Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta to be Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues at the Department of State. The…

I can buy that answer. Senator Hagerty and I have worked together on the Foreign Relations Committee. I voted for you to be an Ambassador. I thought you did a good job in that role, and I think you are doing a good job now. But the fact is…

In the last hearing that we had in this committee on Venezuela, which was 2 years ago, we discussed the disproportionate impact that the humanitarian crisis is having on women in the country who have been forced to flee.

I am really pleased to be able to come to the floor this afternoon to join my colleague from Ohio, Senator Portman. We twice traveled to Ukraine together. I have appreciated his leadership as cochair of the Ukraine Caucus and his advocacy…

This is a country where America has spent a lot of blood and treasure and I think there are a lot of people in this country who care very deeply about what happens in Iraq

He has worked to advance human rights in Eritrea, to support our allies in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Are we being successful at that?