If confirmed you will be doing something very important which is to serve the people of D.C. but also get the backlog down and deal with a public safety crisis.

At the beginning of this year there were more than 10,000 criminal cases pending. That is more than double the number from 2020.

I think democracy needs to be strengthened in El Salvador because I think that is critical to prosperity.

Enormous potential often overlooked, and so for our nominees heading to African countries we need your U.S. presence there.

I want to hear what we are going to do to try to help Estonia even more to push back on again the threats that they are facing, including cyber threats.

It is my honor to be here to introduce a fellow Ohioan, Ambassador Lynne Tracy, to be the nominee for Russia.

Your leadership and commitment to public service is inspirational, particularly with the national security challenges facing our country.

the untold suffering that is occurring in Ukraine

I appreciate that Estonia has been a valuable NATO partner and ally to Ukraine, contributing more military aid per capita than any other country.

I think by continuing to do what we are doing right now, which is exacting a cost on the battlefield.

I believe our sanctions are not having the impact that we had intended.