Issue Position: Foreign Affairs

Issue Position

Serving on the Foreign Affairs Committee, it is my honor to ensure we are maintaining and developing positive relationships with our allies and nations across the globe. Additionally, I believe it is critical to provide for proper oversight of our foreign policy agenda and diplomacy efforts.

As a Member of the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, I am able to directly influence what I believe is our nation's greatest international priority: the support of Israel. One of our country's strongest allies, Israel is a beacon for democracy in the Middle East. The United States must defend and support Israel at all costs and work to help facilitate peace and stability in the region. We must never turn our backs on our friend and ally, and in Congress I will always vote in support of strengthening our relationship with Israel.

Developing stronger relations with emerging nations throughout the African continent needs to be a focus for the United States. Through my role on the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, I have been working towards increasing America's presence in Africa and finding solutions for international health and human rights issues. Above all else, I believe we must put an end to human trafficking worldwide and fight to protect the freedoms and dignity bestowed by God to all people.

Since being sworn into office, I have been appointed as a Congressional Representative to the United Nations General Assembly. It is critical that Congress provide oversight of the UN and work to promote American interests by developing stronger relationships with the international community. I also serve on the bipartisan Congressional Executive Commission on China to monitor the development of the rule of law in China and encourage the Chinese government to end human rights abuses against its people.

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