Jeanne Shaheen

The backsliding in Hungary is very troubling.

Will you commit that as Ambassador, you will urge the Hungarian officials to reassess their position on this university?

I applaud the Pope for taking that action with this encyclical.

On September 22nd, 2017, the President of Kiribati addressed the United Nations General Assembly and called for swift global action on climate change.

I would hope, Mr. Cohen, that you would, in your new position, commit to working to reverse the determination that UNFPA be denied U.S. funding if you find that that decision was made wrongly.

If we are not going to support UNFPA as they try and help women and children in these crises, what should we be doing to address the challenges that we are facing with refugees around the world?

We are facing the largest refugee crisis in decades, and we know that pregnancy-related deaths and instances of sexual violence increase significantly during these crises.

I look forward to all of you being confirmed.

I hope that you will remain committed to ensuring that that program not only continues but that it grows.

I will encourage the Austrian Government to continue its support for Western unity with respect to relations with Russia.

Countering Russian malign influence is a top U.S. foreign policy priority.

Maintaining U.S.-EU unity on Russia sanctions until Russia fully implements its Minsk commitments and returns Crimea to Ukraine is a top U.S. foreign policy priority in Austria.

There is nothing about participating in a global dialogue to share best practices about how to deal with migrants and refugees that involves an incursion into the sovereignty of the United States at all.

I am of the view that it is generally more important to be inside the tent looking out than outside the tent looking in.

I want to follow up a little bit on Senator Merkley's question about UNFPA because in March of 2017, the Trump administration invoked the Kemp-Kasten amendment to withhold U.S. funding for the United Nations Population Fund.

If confirmed, do you commit to pursuing options to bring them to justice, including through international justice mechanisms?

The Trump administration announced it would not send the U.S. representative.

I think it is important that the U.S. maintain our compliance with the treaty.

Are there any sanctions that you think should be applied under CAATSA relative to Russia's energy projects?

As I am sure you are aware, the sanctions act, CAATSA, that we passed last year would authorize sanctions against energy projects that Russia is engaged in that involve a certain level of their participation.

I do hope that you will do everything you can to expedite and move this process along, because we should not be a full year into a new administration and not have an Ambassador in a country that is so critical to foreign policy in that…

It does send a message to the country where--to South Korea and to other countries in the region about how we view the importance.

I had a briefing, with some other Senators yesterday, with someone from the White House who made it very clear that there is no 'bloody-nose strategy' for a strike against North Korea.

They should get rid of them.

We were concerned about our sovereignty.