This seems to be generating a significant humanitarian crisis that could undermine rather than advance the national security interests of our own country and Israel.

I would like to know how you reconcile those.

We regard Egypt as a vital, critical pillar of security and stability, not just for the region but also for Europe and for the United States.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this amendment, which would strike $65 million for the development of the W76-2, or low-yield, nuclear warhead and move that funding to the nuclear nonproliferation…

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Will you, as Secretary of State, do what so many other Secretaries have not and recognize the genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against its Armenian citizens during World War I? Yes or no.

Have you raised your concerns with the Government of Saudi Arabia about the recent arrests of activists, particularly, women activists?

The reason we fight pandemic overseas is so we don't have to fight them here at home.

This would lead to a previously unthinkable circumstance--the Government of China with a perch in the North Atlantic between the United States and Europe.

If in fact the President doesn't divest himself of his business interests, how will you ensure that this body, the Congress of the United States, that you are not engaging on matters of foreign policy and national security, where the…

It's, frankly, insulting that the administration would send us another request like this when we rejected it last year.

it's why I just want to start by saying how ironic and disturbing at the same times it is that this hearing is happening...

I think the one thing that's particularly important is that we need to have confidence that as we are navigating this challenge...

It also strikes at the idea that politics should stop at the water's edge.

China has shown time and again that it is more than happy to fill a void whenever we recede.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of the FIRST STEP Act. I supported this bipartisan bill in committee because it will help more ex-offenders reenter the workforce. It will reduce recidivism. The FIRST STEP Act…

I have to say it was more like a letter to Santa Claus than a policy document.

We cannot--we cannot--continue to overlook these countries that are right in our backyard.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. We pride ourselves on being the most deliberative body on the planet, and all of us come here to contribute our best ideas to improve the lives of the American people. You wonder why this place doesn't…

I don't think that it is helpful that we are going to be cutting the State Department's budget.

So I guess my first question is am I correct in my conclusion that this becomes particularly vexing for the United States...

The administration's first priority was an ill-conceived reorganization effort.

I wish members of the Department of Defense were here to hear you. That's the argument we've been making for the last 5 years.

The rhetoric coming out of the administration is not helpful at all.