we have now 10 years of data to show that when the U.S. is engaged at the Council that it is much more likely to hold, you know, repressive regimes accountable and to push important reforms

I agree with your comments regarding that China has basically taken over this organization

Thank you again for your work with me in helping the Rohingya people in Myanmar and Burma a couple of congresses ago.

I believe reforms to address these issues should be a prerequisite for the U.S. seeking election to the Council.

the only way the United States can push back against the behavior and fight for true reform is by having a seat at the table.

Even as the pandemic causes new challenges for U.S. development policy, we find that American leadership in this space is more necessary than ever.

Well, first, we want to make sure that everybody is safe, reach out to your local governments.

I mean, I think he threw in the towel on Texas.

The fact is, if you look at what happened, most of the failure was with the fossil fuel production and delivery, some of it was from the wind turbines.

Yes, that's absolutely right. I think this is a wake-up call in terms of realizing that climate change is upon us for the folks that didn't realize it before.

It`s been very tough, Joy. There are still hundreds of thousands of people in San Antonio without power, a lot of people without water.

Republicans I think are very spoiled winning statewide election after statewide election. And so, they haven’t felt forced to deal with issues like this.