So what happened to President Obama's campaign promise?
Our intention is to challenge these practices and to make the council a venue for advancing the interests of vulnerable people around the wo...
We need to put pressure on governments to stop the practice, and we need to recognize that the victims need to be rehabilitated.
As bad as this is, as much as it has aggravated the situation--and I plead guilty as one of those who voted for it.
We are going to take a look at what it means in terms of our relation and our aid program.
Declaring the intent to close Guantanamo Bay was a clear message to the international community.
The announcement yesterday with moves to close Guantanamo is a welcome step.
We tried, rather than to be punitive, to be constructive in terms of making certain that resources would be dedicated to repatriating these ...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I thank the Committee for holding this important hearing.
We have not held a single hearing on U.S. compliance with the human rights treaties that we have ratified.
This disparity is one of our Nation's most glaring examples of injustice in the criminal justice system.
Thank you, Senator Franken.
I have introduced legislation along that line, and it now is pending before the Committee.
I think that we feel--and I think you share this feeling in the administration--that as painful as some of these questions may be, it is app...
This is what the Constitution requires, so it is particularly fitting that the Judiciary Committee now formally can look at these issues exp...
We still have a long way to go.
But I think your leadership is really contributing to it, so thank you.
The truth is statistics of the U.S. Sentencing Commission and other bodies shows that the distribution of those who use these products is fa...
