If we took the advice of those who testified, Senator Harkin, before our committee...
Well, the testimony was that it would save up to $100 billion.
Well, the argument was that now, you go to college, and then you find out what your financial aid will be.
you give us misinformation, and then when we ask you a question, you cannot be specific
I was being spun. We have had a conversation about that and likely will have a conversation today about that.
I think the administration has been long on making statements, you know, like a new era of power relations or a pivot, without much definiti...
It is very frustrating to get up every morning and to read the newspapers and to see what Russia is doing inside Ukraine.
implementing the IMF quota reforms bolsters our leadership in the Fund and provides the United States with leverage to continue to preserve ...
I think everybody on this committee just about has expressed strongly their concern about Russia's actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine.
We would come to their aid if certain provocations occurred there.
This position I think, as most people know, is a very, very important position.
It will be your responsibility, if confirmed, to provide us the kind of information and work with us directly to help us create the best for...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for having this hearing. I want to thank Mr. Blinken for his service to our country and his willingness to serve in...
It is my strong desire that the person who fills this position is equally as independent and has the ability to share with us.
But if you suspend sanctions, which you can do, certainly the permanent lifting we have to vote on.
It took many years. Why? Because the administration of George W. Bush had a veto threat out on the legislation.
And if I had my iPhone in my hand, I would hit re-tweet for everything that he has just said.
I, right now, have a 17 percent vacancy rate in my office just to stay under the limits that I have been operating under in the last few yea...
