Bob Menendez

The problem is is that we provide them no option in terms of an economic or trade agenda.

For the record, Mr. Secretary, since my time has expired would you respond to that question for me, what are we doing to get the Solomon Islands to be aligned with us, particularly in our security partnership with Australia?

The problem is is that we provide them no option in terms of an economic or trade agenda.

So is it also fair to say that since China is the economic force within that region that we are challenged in terms of our own national interests in meeting that economic force with one that can compete with it?

If we do not have a robust trade agenda in the Pacific Island countries that they will not by desire, maybe, but by default ultimately deal with the Chinese.

So is it also fair to say that since China is the economic force within that region that we are challenged in terms of our own national interests in meeting that economic force with one that can compete with it?

Without market access I think that we are going to be at a competitive disadvantage with China.

The urgency of climate change; there is a lot more that we should be doing as it relates to climate change.

For the record, Mr. Secretary, since my time has expired would you respond to that question for me, what are we doing to get the Solomon Islands to be aligned with us, particularly in our security partnership with Australia?

Without market access I think that we are going to be at a competitive disadvantage with China.

The problem is is that we provide them no option in terms of an economic or trade agenda.

Without market access I think that we are going to be at a competitive disadvantage with China.

If we do not have a robust trade agenda in the Pacific Island countries that they will not by desire, maybe, but by default ultimately deal with the Chinese.

Finally, Secretary Ratner, in March 2022 the Solomon Islands and China signed a security agreement ostensibly aiming in part to address, quote, ``internal threats'' including protecting Chinese owned businesses in the country.

So is it also fair to say that since China is the economic force within that region that we are challenged in terms of our own national interests in meeting that economic force with one that can compete with it?

The urgency of climate change; there is a lot more that we should be doing as it relates to climate change.

How would making these programs mandatory or formula-based impact planning for large-scale projects?

The smooth and effective movement of cargo through the Port of New York and New Jersey is critical to our economy.

Would it be fair to say that without Iran's financing, without its missile supplies, without its strategic support, that Iran's proxies either would not exist, at least not as they are today, or would not have the reach and ability that…

Would it be fair to say that without Iran's financing, without its missile supplies, without its strategic support, that Iran's proxies either would not exist, at least not as they are today, or would not have the reach and ability that…

The reality is that if Iran is dramatically curtailed in its flow of revenue, it has domestic consequences in terms of those who wish to see a change in their own country.

The reality is that if Iran is dramatically curtailed in its flow of revenue, it has domestic consequences in terms of those who wish to see a change in their own country.

Would it be fair to say that without Iran's financing, without its missile supplies, without its strategic support, that Iran's proxies either would not exist, at least not as they are today, or would not have the reach and ability that…

The reality is that if Iran is dramatically curtailed in its flow of revenue, it has domestic consequences in terms of those who wish to see a change in their own country.

Republicans don't want Americans to know the baseless and completely unprecedented nature of this impeachment, and that is that antimigrant hate groups form the foundation of the case that we are listening to today. I stand with my…