It is critical that we stop Iran's nuclear program.

I commend you for requiring reports every 4 months.

This bill today, to the credit of its author, will tell, for example, Mercedes, 'If you sell trucks to the Quds Force, you are not selling trucks in the United States.'

We have to create a circumstance where the regime in Tehran has to choose between its nuclear weapons program and regime survival.

In Egypt, a new election plan was put forth that may result in very few seats for women.

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I hope you will. It is clear from your comments and those from my colleague and myself that women are playing a significant role in the protest movements.

The empowerment of women is inextricably linked to the potential of nations to generate economic growth and sustainable democracy.

We want to thank the panel. There is lots more to talk about, but you have given us some good guidance on how to assess the changes we have seen to date.

I am going to do everything I can as chairman of this new subcommittee because we have never had a subcommittee that dealt with the status of women before.

Senate Resolution 216, sponsored by Senator Boxer, encouraging women's political participation in Saudi Arabia.

I know one of the criticisms of CEDAW which I prefer to refer to as the women's rights amendment--human rights amendment.

As you know, the Senate has taken a number of steps to support women's rights in the Middle East and North Africa.

I am not going to give a blank check to some of these countries that are doing these things.

In Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, we can talk about some of the positive signs.

The leverage that we have here is the funding, and that is something that I feel we are going to have to look at--we just cannot turn our eye away from what is happening.

the No. 1 tool would be if ATF were given the ability to know when guns are purchased.

We need to stop the flow.