WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs released the following testimony by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, from a Dec. 3, 2025, hearing entitled "The Abduction of Ukrainian Children by the Russian Federation":

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Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Schatz for holding this critically important hearing and for your bipartisan leadership on this issue.