"Maduro has weaponized starvation, using it as a political tool to drive over 95 percent of the country--over 26 million people--below the poverty level."
"The collapse of a once thriving modern country, a beacon of stability in our hemisphere, turned into a failed state, run into the ground by Maduro and his thugs."
"And when people cannot find a place to call home and they are displaced then society bears the burden."
"The chairman's bill would establish an interagency task force to develop a strategy to counter economic coercion."
"We are resolute in our commitment to hold the Putin regime accountable for its unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine and the atrocities it has committed."
"America and our allies will continue to confront, condemn, and constrain Russia at every turn."
"The IMF projects Russia's economy to contract by about 6 percent this year."
"I am very encouraged by your focus on economic coercion, your legislative leadership on this."
"Let me state at the outset that the Biden administration stands firmly with the people of Ukraine as they defend their lives, their homes, and their country."
"I have recently introduced a bill, the Countering Economic Coercion Act, with Senator Young."
"These funds are critical in maintaining basic government functions, including the provision of education and health care."