World
August 27th, 2021
The terror attacks at the Kabul international airport on Thursday killed 13 U.S. service members and scores of civilians.
August 25th, 2021
Letting the Taliban dictate our military strategy is an absolute disgrace. We have a commitment to every American and Afghan ally to get them out safely.
August 24th, 2021
As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I recently sent a letter to Lithuania's Ambassador to the U.S.
August 20th, 2021
This week, I joined fellow House Committee on Armed Services Republicans, including Ranking Member Mike Rogers (AL-03) and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (NY-21), in pressing the Biden Administration...
August 18th, 2021
I joined fellow House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans in calling on President Biden to commit to continuing evacuation flights out of Kabul until all American citizens and our Afghan partners are safely out of the...
August 17th, 2021
After handing the Taliban US-supplied military hardware on a silver platter thanks to the botched Afghanistan withdrawal, the Biden administration scrambled to deprive the terrorist organization of funding - freezing Afghan...
August 16th, 2021
The disaster unfolding in Kabul, Afghanistan – as American Humvees, drones, and other assets fall into the hands of the Taliban radicals– is the direct, and predictable, consequence of the incompetence and failed leadership...
August 9th, 2021
This bill will thwart drug cartels and human traffickers who utilize the more than 230 tunnels currently in existence to smuggle narcotics, weapons, and cash back and forth on the border.
August 3rd, 2021
Now more than ever, we must ensure our supply chains are protected. We saw first-hand the effects of supply chain disruptions due to COVID-19 last year, so it is essential we act now to identify vulnerabilities.
July 30th, 2021
The U.S. continues to lead all countries with 30 medals at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. But the country’s most decorated gymnast has exited competition due to stress and concerns over her own well-being.
August 26th, 2021
My heartfelt prayers are with our American citizens President Biden has disregarded, and for our heroic military who served in Afghanistan struggling with increased traumatic stress, some even calling my office and weeping,...
August 25th, 2021
There are a lot of foreign policy options between nation building and giving up. We found the proper balance in recent years—maintaining a small force that propped up the Afghan government while also giving us the capability...
August 24th, 2021
On Monday I joined fellow members of the bipartisan For Country Caucus for a press conference to urge President Biden to keep U.S. troops on the ground until all Americans and allies are evacuated from Afghanistan.
August 18th, 2021
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August 17th, 2021
Ever since Biden hastily left Afghanistan in the middle of the night, I have been calling this situation more of a surrender than a withdrawal. The Biden administration left a weakened Afghan national military by ripping the...
August 17th, 2021
There’s no question that al-Qaida, and ISIS, and other terrorist organizations will use this as an opportunity to reconstitute themselves and be a threat not only in the region, but to the American homeland.
August 16th, 2021
As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I took to the Senate floor recently to propose a bill to immediately impose sanctions on The Nord Stream 2 pipeline -- a project that if completed would threaten the...
August 6th, 2021
Vietnam has demonstrated its strategic value in the Indo-Pacific region, and remains a welcome partner in security cooperation. However, the Vietnamese government continues to demonstrate a troubling record in human rights,...
August 2nd, 2021
Despite their original promises not to profit off the vaccines until the pandemic had ended, both companies are now seizing the opportunity to hike prices charged to governments like those in the EU.
July 29th, 2021
American tax dollars should never directly or indirectly support taking of innocent human life through abortion or dehumanizing involuntary sterilizations, neither should they support our enemies.