Rob Portman: “Let me just be specific. You talked about $6 million, roughly, in the budgets this year.”

As I have said repeatedly, I support the resettlement of Afghans who stood in battle with us and our allies over the last 20 years but... the United States faces an increased threat due to this administration’s catastrophic evacuation of…

I think you look historically, that has been the case.

Instead, this administration allowed a lack of effective screening of Afghan evacuees to endanger our communities and is now seeking to fast track their citizenship through the upcoming appropriations process.

This is not the time for us to back off. In fact, it's a time for us to redouble our efforts because the Ukrainians have shown through their bravery, their courage on the battlefield, that they are making progress, have made tremendous…