Last week, Hurricane Maria hit the island of Puerto Rico. The damage on the island has been described as apocalyptic: buildings destroyed, a major dam at risk of collapse, and millions of American citizens looking for help. But 1 week…

The response of the Myanmar military has been grossly disproportional.

It is important to recognize ARSA, and it is important to recognize that there are other minorities, Rakhine Buddhists and Hindus who have been killed and displaced, but it is nowhere near on the scale of the Rohingya.

She has not simply been silent; she has refused to allow a U.N. factfinding mission to come in.

The announcement of $32 million in U.S. aid was a very welcome shot in the arm, but U.N. agencies are now reporting there will be at least $200 million needed over the next 6 months to address the crisis.

It is the Myanmar soldiers who are at the front lines of committing these abuses, and they are also those with the most power to bring them to an end.

members of this administration have given mixed messages when it comes to the role of democracy and human rights in our foreign policy.

Development contributes to stability. It contributes to better governance. And if you're able to do those things...

Our American values are, for us at the State Department and for me as an American, they are immutable.

We never deviate from our values. We protect Americans' national security, promote our prosperity, but never undermine our values.

That money is going into the nuclear weapons program and that has to end because of our sanctions.

The Women, Peace, and Security Act makes sure that women are meaningful participants at all levels of foreign policymaking.

Isn't it sort of a perversion of the process that you have as really the only stated goal cost-cutting?

I firmly believe that we need a State Department that is fully equipped to keep us safe.

Where there is a diplomatic void, we have no eyes, we have no ears, to detect the next threat or the next opportunity.

I think we all agree with that.

the President of the United States who continues to express admiration for the thug Vladimir Putin.

The American people deserve a better deal. They deserve better jobs, better wages, and a better future. That is what Democrats are committed to doing, and it starts with creating millions of full-time, good-paying jobs that give more…

Isn't enforcement and promoting competition critical to avoiding the harms of consolidation such as depressed wages, reduced opportunity, and workplace inequality?

the President's behavior surrounding this crisis is making the situation even more challenging.

Creating economic opportunity for working Americans must be a national priority.

With respect to the second part of the bill, the judicial review part, I mean, if in fact the bill had the first requirement, the active supervision, and a procedure to be sure that it is being followed, States would either be required to…

Many leading economists agree that the concentration of labor markets gives corporations the ability to hoard profits at the expense of workers.

These sanctions sound good in a press release, but if they are not actually being honored by the parties, they are not effective.

I think we have heard from a number of my colleagues in response to those questions about pretty clear noncompliance by the Chinese.