Rob Portman: “This is not a position that has to go through our confirmation 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…

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

What are we doing about it? Well, we are helping the Ukrainians militarily, and I think that has been extremely helpful to the successes we have seen on the battlefield.

We recommend that to help reverse bird declines the Joint Ventures be allocated $20 million.