This is a clear, missed opportunity to use Global Magnitsky sanctions.

This is a clear, missed opportunity to use Global Magnitsky sanctions.

the gross abuse of human rights that is going on in the country.

Our sanctions work best when we do coordinate with other countries.

I have been frustrated that it has taken too long to get through the bureaucracies to impose sanctions when we have to act quickly.

If someone is guilty of gross human rights abuse or kleptocracy there is no reason why they should ever get the assets back.

We do not impose sanctions for punitive reasons. We impose sanctions for change of behavior.

My analysis, kind of--you know, inchoate analysis of sanctions in the 12 years I have been here is that we have been better at using sanctions to impose pain and not so good at using sanctions to change behavior.

The primary goal is to change behavior.

We want to use them for the damage they have caused to Ukraine.

We must put strong pressure on the EU to add corruption to the sanctionable conduct under its Magnitsky sanctions regime.

I want to assure you, Mr. Chairman, that we are going to pursue this into the next Administration.

I hope the prime minister and the ruling party get that message.

This is a clear, missed opportunity to use Global Magnitsky sanctions.

A federal solution is needed, and the ERA is the strongest tool to ensure equality and protect these rights for everyone.

He didn't need to tell the American public. I will not do this, and he did. And when you made a promise, you've got to keep it.

I ask unanimous consent that my legislative fellows Julia Burnell, Steven Ramdilal, and Ryan Gallagher be granted floor privileges for the duration of their fellowships with my office. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

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shortly, I will ask for unanimous consent to confirm Mark G. Eskenazi and Amanda Wood Laihow to serve as members on the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Just a word about the Commission. The Commission is an independent…

If the federal government were to increase the amount of allocation that went out to the states, we would be able to produce or preserve more quality, affordable housing.

Key to addressing the shortage of units and bringing down costs for families is, as my friend Speaker Shekarchi from Rhode Island would say, production, production, production.

You call those durable skills in your opening testimony. I like that better than soft skills.

We think Pell Grant should not be just limited to college degrees. Why not high quality career and technical education?

We think Pell Grant should not be just limited to college degrees. Why not high quality career and technical education?

Do you have to have a college degree to get a lot of Federal jobs? And the answer is no.