10/23/2017
https://www.congress.gov...
"Do you agree that... the poverty rate during that period was the lowest it has been in the history of our country since we began keeping track back in the 1950s?"
"there be a very strong and forceful communication about the importance of us standing by Belarus"
"Do you believe that sanctions that are focused on sectors, important sectors like the oil refinery business you mentioned, could be effective in changing the behavior of the Lukashenka regime?"
"My biggest takeaway was the degree to which Russia is using Belarus as a staging ground, in essence, for their military."