Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

Thank you, Chairman Menendez, and thank you, Ranking Member Risch, for welcoming me to your committee today.

Venezuela is now a land of unbridled criminality and kleptocracy, where a humanitarian crisis has forced more than 5 million people to flee ...

It gives me particular pleasure to be here to recommend a career Foreign Service officer and a native Rhode Islander, Brian Nichols.

The task at hand is immense.