I hope that mission is able to do the right kind of vetting to ensure that this money doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

I was very pleased to see your proposed budget call for 485 new positions, which aren't really new positions, are they?

I am a big fan of the GEC. And I also think that Radio Free Asia is one of the best bangs for the buck in terms of countering disinformation.

how can we ensure that they actually have access to vaccine?

the social media groups, you know, the WhatsApps and the Facebooks and everything, their minimal protections are even less in other languages--in languages other than English.

Thank you so much, Madam Chair. I will yield back.

I just don't see how we can go on with business as usual while the host country is committing genocide.

I represent a lot of State Department staff, and one of the things that was very concerning to me is the lack of morale, you know, the diminution of morale and attrition at the State Department over the past term.

I also represent a lot of Indian Americans who are deeply concerned, as I am, about the resurgent wave of COVID-19 in India.

I want to talk a little bit what is happening in Xinjiang and the treatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic ethnic minorities.

I am glad to hear that your public/private partnership is working, and it is going to be a model for the future.

I am a co-lead on a bipartisan bill led by Representative Ted Deutch that would give Uyghurs Priority 2 refugee status.

Getting better diversity at the mid and upper levels of the State Department will help with that as well.

We all want to get out of this pandemic and back to normal. We want to ensure that our kids can learn safely and in their classrooms. We want to get more shots into arms. We want to put money directly into the pockets of the Americans in…

So you are not going to acknowledge that it was as a result of the events on January 6 that Howard Liebengood is no longer with us?

So you would think that you would make it more of a security--more along the lines of a State of the Union than, you know, an average day.

As a Member who represents a chunk of the national capital metro region, you know, looking at all these fences... is disturbing and not sustainable, in my mind.

But specifically geared towards law enforcement and PTSD?

I really don't ever want to see anything like January 6 happen here again, but, frankly, it really did showcase to the world the vulnerabilities here at the Capitol.

I want to thank you also for acknowledging the officers who died as a result of the events of January 6 in your written testimony and in your testimony here today.

Do you acknowledge that the death of Officer Brian Sicknick was a line-of-duty death?

I do want to put in a plug to minimizing that fence as much as we possibly can and making it safer for pedestrians.

The goal. So it is safe to say that as of January 6, the Capitol Police was already aware that you guys had communication issues and trouble--shortcomings when it came to acting on information.

And I was kind of surprised actually because it is a little town, but it was very nice to see.

Now, having this kind of a news vacuum creates a community where conspiracy theories and misinformation can spread easily.