That is why it was timely.

I don't think gratuitously slapping Russia around is going to make things better.

Corruption holds back economic growth, and in far too many cases it also impoverishes low-income populations.

I very much look forward to continued collaboration one way or the other in the new Congress.

Absolutely right.

This is problematic, and I really believe that many of the situations that we have now that was described in Russia can be traced back to...

I was designated about 2 years ago as the poorest Member of Congress, okay? Well, I am a happy man.

Let me just note that this doesn't happen in those countries; that has happened in our country.

So if there is a general problem with a level of corruption in a society, for us to pick out an issue that is important to us and to put sanctions on that government in order to pressure them on a particular issue actually makes things…

We understand that, that is, of course, taken, and something I hope we need to deal with.

When government institutions serve private interests, it undermines the faith in government and the rule of law.

Let's note that in Serbia we ended up with violence and a war and mass killings that went on.

That is what we need to find out.

I have always had a problem with this 'should have known,' because if you received it, you didn't know that you weren't supposed to receive it, but you should have known, and it is 10 years past.

I want to go on record that those medical professionals that got those bonuses with a commitment to serve 6 years and only served 2, that we should claw back every single dime.

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