Since the Obama administration has eased restrictions on travel and remittances in April 2009, the Castro regime has doubled its hard currency deposits in foreign banks.

Do you think helping a regime that is oppressive of its people; that violates every principle that not only we, as Americans, have, but the International Charter has; that doubling--doubling--its reserves to $5.7 billion, which only gets…

So if you are to be confirmed----

The only regional bank that did not receive--everybody--I heard the voices of the Department as it related to everybody else. I didn't hear it about the IDB.

Funding for the region suggests that it is not a priority for this administration and that we haven't yet made the connection between poverty, citizen security, transnational crime, narcotics trafficking, and U.S. interests.

The Western Hemisphere is our hemisphere, and its nations are our friends, our neighbors, our allies, and our economic partners.

You don't double their reserves, you don't permit visits for the CDR.

If you are confirmed, you'll serve the United States and will be called upon to implement the policies of the U.S. Government.

We were very disappointed, for instance, when Russia vetoed the resolution on Syria last week at the U.N. Security Council.

Access to the ballot is a key part of the democratic process, and this makes Russia's parliamentary elections less competitive than they could be.

I think we have made progress on that.