It is an honor to be with both of you.

I was very disappointed to see it. I am also happy that Leader McConnell and Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Shelby are proposing a Continuing Resolution that will include a billion dollars to replenish the Iron Dome.

The United States and our allies need to work very closely together on this.

Brunei has been an active participant in ASEAN activities related to the South China Sea.

I look forward to hearing from Caryn on ways to advance the U.S.-Brunei relationship.

The United States will play a critical role as one of the largest providers of assistance to Madagascar.

We create the environment conducive to diplomacy.

It is an agreement that I feel is deeply flawed.

Iran's obligations to the IAEA are completely separate from the nuclear deal.

I hope we can continue this conversation, particularly with the thought of how we can prevent the CCP from diverting or, in some way, frustrating those efforts.

They certainly cannot be in compliance if they are not willing to answer IAEA questions.

I would just like to underscore a point that you made about training.

The U.S.-Japan Alliance remains the cornerstone of peace and prosperity throughout the Asia Pacific region.

I saw precisely the same thing, an embassy that was full of talent, a State Department that had tremendous talent, and the need for these sort of crosscutting skillsets and teams to function well together.

I strongly believe that the leadership needs to come from here, the United States Congress, in order to provoke and promote the kind of change that needs to occur.

I would ask this committee to consider an overhaul of Foreign Service that instead creates a new global service open to anyone who is interested in serving the country as an official representative abroad.

I want to thank you very much for that insightful question.

There is a real dearth of training there.

I want to thank you so much for inviting me to participate today.

It was the greatest honor of a lifetime to represent our great Nation overseas.

I particularly appreciate that engagement and that insight as a foundation for what we are trying to accomplish today.

It is amazing to me that not one Democrat in Congress is willing to speak out about this.

They are throwing around trillions of dollars like it was simply Monopoly money when really what it is doing is taxing Americans' hard-earned paychecks.

Inflation is the insidious tax that the Biden administration is imposing on everyday working people here in America right now.

The policies that are being imposed are causing families in my home State of Tennessee and all across America to make financial decisions with soaring inflation in mind.