Congress needs to pass the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, which I and others have introduced.

Caterpillar used to pay taxes on almost all of its parts profits. That was before 1999.

The IRS has to step up its enforcement to stop the multinational offshore profit shifting.

It is clear that the Caterpillar licensing transaction fails the arm's-length standard.

The judicial selection and confirmation process, broadly speaking, is quite simply failing to achieve the results contemplated for it by our Founders under the Constitution.

I am very struck, Ms. Goodman, by your testimony where you cite that the QDR, the Quadrennial Defense Review, has literally identified climate change as a threat multiplier and a catalyst for conflict.

the sooner we begin to tackle long-term costs and the rate of growth in costs, the easier the difficult choices will be.

Today there are 83 vacancies in our Federal judiciary. This is an unacceptably high number.

Thank you for the opportunity to have a robust and hopefully constructive conversation on this difficult issue.

In my view, as I said at the outset and as I think Senator Corker just reflected, sustaining this beyond one administration is a broadly shared goal and could have long-term positive impacts for rural electrification, for the development…

So we are deeply grateful to President Obama and his administration for the Power Africa Initiative which is taking the first serious steps in six African countries toward tackling this disparity.

Mr. Chairman, let me also thank you and Chairman Menendez and Senator Corker for considering similar legislation here in the Senate and I look forward to its speedy introduction.

Addressing the energy deficit in Africa is earning the same bipartisan support from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue and from the American public.

Our hope is to sustain that by a truly all-of-the-above strategy which we will turn to when we look at legislation.

Our organizations feel very strongly that an initiative focused on energy access must emphasize providing energy to populations currently without access.

I think you need more resources. I think we need to make it credible to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

the only reason Iran is at the negotiating table with us today, and the only reason we have any chance at ending their illicit nuclear program through peaceful means, is because of the vigorous and thorough enforcement of very tough…

We want to fully take into account views, right and left and center, wherever they come from, and get this right.