"Look, I get no one likes to be called racist, but sometimes there’s just no other way to describe the use of bigoted tropes that for generations have threatened black lives by stoking white fear of African-Americans and black men in particular. One of our colleagues to cast those who attack the Capi..."
"I do not think that our toolkit has kept up with the emerging threats to democracy."
"Our failure to ensure real accountability and costs for the bad behavior of Burma's military over the past decade in part got us here."
"America must set the right example."
"democracy as a fundamental American value, and how it drives our foreign policy."
"Our partnerships are not blank checks."
"I felt it was paramount to use my first policy hearing as chairman this Congress to examine democracy as a fundamental American value."
"authoritarian governments are seizing more and more power, dismantling core democratic institutions."
"President Trump's actions made it harder to effectively champion human rights and promote democracy abroad."
"democracies around the world are still more peaceful, their populations more prosperous and more secure."
"Entrenched authoritarians have clung to power in Havana, Caracas, and Managua."