I am a strong believer in the capacity of the Federal Government to find specific programs and to combine research, training, and funding assistance.

we strongly urge the FSOC and other governing bodies not to base any policy or regulation actions grounded on the information in the OFR study . . . .

I believe climate change exists and that we are living on borrowed time.

I still go to the Detroit Auto Show, and I was very pleased to see EPA represented there.

Thanks, Mr. Chairman. I want to really thank our friends, our witnesses from across the country, for being here, for the work that you do and the leadership that you provide, not only in your own businesses or your own union, but really…

No one eats as well as we do, either, or as much of it.

I think it is an opportunity for us to show leadership and to set very high standards for the rest of the world to follow.

History has shown that this is a false choice.

We need trade. We need free, fair trade, and our economies grow when we have that free and fair trade.

Guinea-Bissau held parliamentary and Presidential elections in April and May of this year.

Madam President, today, this week, we have come together to consider an omnibus appropriations bill. That is a big mouthful--an omnibus appropriations bill--but I hope to lay out in plain language for our folks back home and for those in…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Appropriations

there are a half-dozen countries where leaders are seeking to change the constitution to extend their terms, to avoid the accountability of free, fair, and open elections.

I think we can always do a better job and I am determined to do a better job, if confirmed, in making that word mean what it means, which is not inform, but actually consult, work together, have a dialogue, try and develop these policies…

I think bringing the energy and the resources of the private sector, whether through AGOA, through the Partnership for the Future, or through MCC, to bear in making progress is critical.

The 2012 Presidential election reinforced Senegal's role as a model of stable democracy.

Following the inauguration of a democratically elected president, the United States lifted restrictions on foreign assistance.

Senegal is one of our most important African partners.