Bob Menendez: “This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order.”

It is why it is so critically important that we continue to provide robust funding for our State and regional partners as we continue to invest in rail.

I just want to underscore that point because it is so important.

I think that is what we all appreciate here, and we have talked about it with Secretary Buttigieg.

I get concerned when I see what former President Trump said while he was in office, raising questions about our security alliance with Japan.