"the President, as a candidate, promised that he would return the jurisdiction of the export licensing of semiautomatic weapons from the Commerce Department back to the Department of State"
"I think this is absolutely ridiculous."
"I would hope the Biden administration follows through with more Latino nominations for this and every other agency."
"I do not know when tweets became disqualifying for nominees."
"Senator Bob Menendez, took to the Senate floor to highlight the obstruction that has prevented the swift confirmation of nearly 100 nominations."
"we have to be robustly resolute that the Taliban does not get access to these funds, especially when we have sanctioned individuals in their Government."
"Hispanic hiring is a weakness for the Agency, and we are underperforming there, and we are going to be working on that to bring more people in."
"But if you are sitting as one of the few Hispanic American Senators and seeing what is coming forth from this Administration, especially in these two sectors, it is abhorrent."
"You all created a significant part of this debt, and now you want to walk away from it."
"I mean, I hear high priority, but, you know, the proof is in the pudding and it is just not there."
"Republican fingerprints were all over the tax cuts to the wealthiest people and corporations in America to the tune of $2 trillion."