he would turn Saudi Arabia into a, quote, 'pariah' and he added that there is, quote, 'very little social redeeming value in the present Government in Saudi Arabia.'

As a result of China's irresponsible and dangerous mismanagement of COVID-19 the entire world is still suffering from the consequences of this global pandemic.

If confirmed, I will work collaboratively with all stakeholders to identify ways we can continue to expand country responsibility on sustaining HIV impact.

I applaud you and encourage you to find every way possible to work with Australia.

During my time serving as ambassador to Japan I worked very closely with the government of Japan to ensure that their network became clean.

I would encourage you, if you are confirmed, to develop a plan, a specific plan of how you will work with the government, the Panama Canal, to help offset and move our interests forward and help educate them on the challenges.

I think it is a great oversight and it creates grave concern for me.

I hope you will reach out to us here on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, should you be confirmed, and view us as your allies and supporters.

The Panama Canal is, arguably, one of the most important geostrategic locations for the United States.

American families are suffering everywhere from high gas prices, and I understand that President Biden is on his way to Saudi Arabia next month, presumably to ask the Saudis to produce more oil and bail the United States out of this energy…

I want to congratulate Chairman Powell on being renominated to be the Chair of the Fed.

on behalf of myself and Senator Blackburn, I ask unanimous consent that the following remarks be printed in the Congressional Record to further honor the life of Andrew Franklin Alexander, the late son of former Tennessee U.S. Senator…

I cannot remember the last time I have looked at a drug screening of a new patient coming off the street that did not have fentanyl in it.

I hope that we can talk much more than discussions about real strategy to send a very strong message to Putin.

This is the largest buildup that we have seen again since the fall of the Soviet Union.

I would just encourage good management here, so we make sure those resources are focused in the direction they should be rather than attacking conservative groups and ordinary Americans.

I cannot imagine how the Biden administration is encouraging what is in effect a 10-times increase in the audit capacity of the IRS when there is no accountability there.

I think it is very simple. Obey the law. That is what the Fifth Circuit has suggested.

There is zero accountability. Again, this is the swamp and I could not encourage, and certainly my constituents cannot condone this aspect of the Build Back Better plan.

The Biden administration is actually trying to undo these diplomatic agreements that were put in place and were working.

your nomination to a senior Government role underscores that President Biden and the Democrats are driving America full speed down the collapse road toward socialism.

It was very surprising to me to see 13 Republicans basically bail Nancy Pelosi out. I think what they did was put themselves on a path to early retirement.

We will continue to reach out to you for help as we try to struggle with what we can do both legislatively as well as through oversight and appropriations.

I hope to work with Senator Cardin to make significant progress on personnel-related matters over the near future.

There is a tremendous amount of capacity that is being underutilized in the Department today.