Sanctions should remain in place on Zimbabwe for the time being.

President Kabila has been using every tactic at his disposal to manipulate institutions, suppress political opposition, and delay elections.

In my view, lifting sanctions at this time will merely strengthen Robert Mugabe and the cabal around him.

U.S. sanctions have been a very powerful and visible bipartisan signal of U.S. policy of standing firm on democracy.

Sanctions against Zimbabwe would be much more effective if they were embedded in a broader strategy.

Next door, in Burundi, President Nkurunziza's unconstitutional election to a third term last year sparked violence.

I introduced a resolution calling for targeted sanctions in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Changing or ignoring those rules risks breaking that trust and sending a society towards turmoil and instability.

the Constitution of the United States, like many constitutions in Africa and around the world, limits him to two terms.

The lack of Zimbabwe's progress to date is not an indicator that sanctions, per se, have failed.

Mr. President, if I might make an inquiry about the order. Senator Whitehouse and I were about to engage in a colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware is recognized.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Leah Rubin Shen, a science fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 114th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with Senator Whitehouse of Rhode Island for up to 20 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Climate Change

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With that, Mr. President, I want to conclude by commenting that our day together began and ended with citizen science. The very first thing we did was to visit Delaware's national park to participate in a bio blitz, where volunteers from…

We were, indeed, the most persistently wet Senators in the entire country by the end of a very wet and very fulfilling day up and down the State of Delaware. With that, I thank my colleague from Rhode Island. I yield the floor. The…

There is relatively little time left for Congress to act in a way that would send a clear and strong signal about our intentions and our concerns about the DRC and future elections in other countries.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Kimberly Knackstedt, a fellow in Senator Murray's Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee office, be granted the privileges of the floor for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING…