We cannot have normalization until you have a cease-fire in Gaza.

If – the bottom line is, Putin has to agree to a 30-day cease-fire for any peace talks to go forward.

If the bottom line is Putin has to agree to a 30-day ceasefire for any peace talks to go forward, we want peace, but not peace at any price.

Had we not accomplished that, Ed, Russia would be occupying Ukraine today.

I would only do that if they were complicit with a crime.

If Mr. Putin does not agree to a 30-day ceasefire, I think the sanctions are almost certain

We want peace, but not peace at any price, because peace at any price is like appeasement.

I've heard countless horror stories of torture and murder of these allies of the United States.

You want to vet them again? Go ahead. But they've already been vetted, and probably the most thorough vetting in American history.

Deeply saddened by the passing of former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, a dedicated public servant who stepped up to take the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s seat in January.

I think, after what happened under the Biden administration, it absolutely needs to be reviewed to get back to the core mission.

I think we need to have a strong presence in destabilized nations to keep out our adversaries.

We promised them that we would protect them when they worked with our service men and women in Afghanistan.

It seems to me, we ought to live up to our word, otherwise down the road in another conflict, no one's going to trust us.

I would urge the State Department to put the adequate resources necessary to deliver this, because our foreign adversaries are looking at this.

This is what gave the USAID a black eye. I personally believe that USAID has a national security mission.

We need to return to the core mission principles.

It's the best global health program ever implemented by the United States.

I do believe that it was an unintended consequence that needs to be fixed.

If you go back to its inception in the '60s, under President Kennedy and the Cold War, it was to counter the Soviet Union. We need to return to the core mission principles.

I personally believe that USAID has a national security mission.

We promised them we would protect them when they worked with our servicemen and women in Afghanistan.

Make no mistake, Georgia's foreign agents law has ruptured Georgia's relationship with the West.

I believe that the vast majority of the citizens in both countries are eager for a closer partnership with the United States.

your actions have not and will not go unanswered.