Other nations do that and they have much better health outcome than we do.

the Senate holds on ambassadorial nominees are harming our national interest.

Your confirmation gives those candidates a different level of standing.

Other nations do that and they have much better health outcome than we do.

We need our diplomats out and development experts out in the field showing up, actively engaged, representing the United States.

It seems like a big issue to me.

if somebody on the Senate is holding you up, and it is secret, you do not even have the ability to...

Thanks, Chairman Sanders, thanks to the panel.

I'm going to be in Appalachian, Virginia tomorrow visiting the Allegheny Highlands Dental Center.

I want to thank you for your work on Remote Access Medical.

And that is not just for the political appointees.

When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, we did not have an ambassador in Egypt.

Is there not also kind of an informal power that comes in the reverse if you do not have a confirmed nominee?

When the Houthis started to fire at U.S. and other ships in the Red Sea, we did not have an ambassador in Djibouti.

if somebody on the Senate is holding you up, and it is secret, you do not even have the ability to...

It seems like a big issue to me.

I'm going to be in Appalachian, Virginia tomorrow visiting the Allegheny Highlands Dental Center.

When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, we did not have an ambassador in Egypt.

Thanks, Chairman Sanders, thanks to the panel.

Holding up a nominee, particularly a career nominee for reasons unrelated to that individual's qualifications is something that needs to end.

I want to thank you for your work on Remote Access Medical.

Is there not also kind of an informal power that comes in the reverse if you do not have a confirmed nominee?

When the security situation in Haiti spiraled downward, we had no ambassador in place.

the Senate holds on ambassadorial nominees are harming our national interest.

Holding up a nominee, particularly a career nominee for reasons unrelated to that individual's qualifications is something that needs to end.