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Lindsey Graham

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Lindsey Olin Graham is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Graham has been a prominent figure in national politics, known for his work on issues such as national security, foreign policy, and judicial appointments. He has played a key role in various legislative efforts and has been an outspoken advocate for military support to Ukraine in recent years.

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Mar 22, 2023

Do you agree it is now time to change our policy because it is not working? Or do you think it is working?

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Mar 22, 2023

There are 345.2 million people that participate in some food program because of food insecurity.

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Mar 22, 2023

The goal is to run this more like a business, we have the former Ambassador to Japan here.

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Mar 22, 2023

The bottom line is that the bilateral approach needs to be supplemented with something new because it is not working.

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Mar 22, 2023

The goal here, I guess, is to have the local community feel like the park is an asset.

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Mar 22, 2023

I think the President said he thought that was a sound approach.

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Mar 22, 2023

I think now is the time, Mr. Secretary, to label Russia state sponsor of terrorism, because they are.

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Mar 22, 2023

Would you be willing to entertain a public-private partnership akin to the Global Fund for food security?

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Mar 22, 2023

Of all the things the Committee could be focusing on, this is sort of top of our list for a good reason.

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Mar 22, 2023

We need to appropriate money directly to counter the influence of China.

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Mar 22, 2023

How about this idea. Rather than just interdicting at the border, we go to the source and declare Mexican drug cartels foreign terrorist organizations under U.S. law.

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Mar 22, 2023

Of all the things the Committee could be focusing on, this is sort of top of our list for a good reason.

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Mar 22, 2023

I would say our policy is not working.

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Mar 22, 2023

The goal, of Chris and myself, is to create a public-private relationship where the private sector sort of leads and puts their money where their mouth is.

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Mar 22, 2023

Haven't we now reached a point where, frankly, we have to understand we are entering a period of geopolitical competition bordering on conflict?

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Mar 22, 2023

Do you agree with the following statement: that fentanyl coming from Mexico is killing Americans by the tens of thousands?

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Mar 22, 2023

I think the private sector, both the philanthropic private sector, and even the for-profit private sector would respond very, very well to this.

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Mar 22, 2023

Do you agree with the following statement: that fentanyl coming from Mexico is killing Americans by the tens of thousands?

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Mar 22, 2023

What I want to do is create a global food security fund, modeled after the Global Fund, so we can get other countries helping us and helping people who are literally starving.

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Mar 22, 2023

Senator Menendez and I, and many others have pushed for a $2 million authorization for Taiwan's defense needs.

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Mar 22, 2023

Our men and women of the State Department, they are heroes in their own way.

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Mar 22, 2023

If we don't do something, the 345 million can double in the next 4 or 5 years.

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Mar 22, 2023

More Americans are being poisoned by fentanyl from Mexico in a single year than we lost in the entire Vietnam War.

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Mar 22, 2023

We need to appropriate money directly to counter the influence of China, but it will not be in a mandatory spending construct.

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Mar 22, 2023

The proposed bipartisan bill, introduced by Senator Coons and Senator Graham, offers all three.

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