I thank the ranking member from California, and I thank the chair of the committee. Madam Speaker, I rise to support House Resolution 268, reaffirming our Nation's unyielding support for our great ally Israel. Madam Speaker, the lack of…

Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 496 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment Offered by Mr. Connolly of Virginia The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on…

Mr. President, while the Senator from Texas is still on the floor, I just want to say how, personally, this Senator is going to miss her after the calendar year 2012, since she is retiring from the Senate. I say that with the utmost…

Mr. President, I want to thank the Senator again. We stood shoulder to shoulder and we were able to get these two additional flights, which the Senator from Texas just chronicled, that no sooner had Mark Kelly and his crew put the alpha…

Well, Mr. President, as the Senator is leaving, I just want to say that she and I did have to stand shoulder to shoulder, and we had some fights. Of course, in the process we had some critics too. Now some of my critics wish that when I…

Mr. President, the negotiation over this deficit reduction and the debt ceiling package has hit the critical stage. It is beginning to come into the consciousness of the country and most of the people around here. Those people have in some…

Mr. President, 235 years ago this weekend, John Adams proclaimed that July 2 would mark the most memorable epoch in the history of America. It was on that day the Continental Congress declared the 13 colonies free and independent of Great…

I thank Senator Johnson, and I too yesterday watched the President's lecture on television. I watched it again this morning just to make sure I was well informed before I came here. My reaction is twofold. One, I am disappointed, and the…

you have governments, and I use Cuba as an example, that are not legitimate. In essence, they do not have the consent of the people that they govern.

I think part of being the minority party and the opposition party in that Parliament is being able to point to his policy failures and how Venezuela could be doing so much better if it went in a different direction.

Brazil today is on the verge of becoming a global power.

I think we see that throughout the region as well.

the reality of it is that it did require--as the report outlines, all the full sanctions available for countries that fall under tier 3 are not applied to Cuba

We're all very excited about the direction Colombia is headed, despite significant struggles.

I think it's a positive development that there is an emerging opposition--we needn't call it 'opposition'--minority party in Venezuela that is in opposition to the policies of the government.

the new President stated his intentions with respect to Peru's democratic institutions.

The United States position toward that should be that, you're not legitimate, the government, and that we are going to--if we have a chance, we'll do everything that we can to help your people bring about a change in these countries within…

We're not going to interfere in your internal affairs. We're not going to support things that may undermine democratic institutions.