I have represented in a number of settings that this is something we really ought to be looking to more broadly.
Today's hearing comes almost exactly two decades after the battle of Mogadishu, in which 18 Americans were killed defend...
A steady transition from 20 years of statelessness, lawlessness, and violence to a functioning democracy is part of the ...
In less than 18 months, we were able to bring that country back into a democratic country moving forward because of an A...
Ultimately, the primary architects of what peace, democracy, and development efforts look like must be the Somali people...
I am pleased to call to order this hearing of the African Affairs Subcommittee on security and governance issues in Soma...
There seems to be a real tension between a desire for a strong national government to be able to resist intrusion from E...
we have to be clear-eyed and realistic about our goals.
What, if any, evidence is there that the human rights situation within Iran has improved?
Thank you for convening this critically important hearing and ensuring that this committee continues to fulfill its cons...
What is the plan forward for dealing with this shutdown, should it continue for another couple of weeks?
Senate advice and consent helps guarantee judicial competence.
I certainly agree, as a number of witnesses have suggested, that we can and should do more to fill the existing vacancie...
I would like to enter into the record a statement from Senator Leahy, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, on the Federa...
Presidential appointments and lifetime tenure insulate judges from political influence.
this needs to be done in a nonpartisan way and in a way that continues to sustain the American judicial system as litera...
sequestration is having quite negative consequences all across the Federal Government.
I believe that it is important for us as a--it is important for the judiciary to move the parties toward resolution.
