I am here to join my colleague from Iowa who just spoke and others to talk about the President's budget. The budget is comprised of a couple of things. One is what the spending is going to be for the country. The spending, which is…

there be a very strong and forceful communication about the importance of us standing by Belarus

You have, on a bipartisan basis, friends and supporters in this room and throughout the United States Congress and this Administration, and we wish you the best.

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.

I am pleased to see that Ambassador Fisher not only testified before us today but that she is still here

This build-up on the eastern border is something that mystifies everybody.

We have had some good bipartisan work over the years to improve cybersecurity on this Committee with you, Senator Peters, with you, Senator Johnson, and others.

That resolution passed the Senate easily.

No question there has been enormous progress made.

The pipeline itself in a way was a way to encourage the safety of Ukraine.

I hope that we will cover four specific areas here today.