Sovereignty is a critically important issue in Latin America.
That's well said.
You've got to have a resettlement policy that says, if you're in a particular category, this is what the future holds.
Claims to the contrary will only ring hollow.
There has been a very constructive and positive role that Brazil has played regionally as well, and very exciting.
All politics is local.
Well, they're going to have quite a stage now, with the World Cup and the Olympics coming up in the next few years.
We must be consistent on human rights at home and in foreign policy, and we must demonstrate that Latin America matters to our future.
I thank all of you. You've been terrific, and again I thank you.
Brazil aspires to a place on the U.N. Security Council, as a member of the so-called BRICs, sees itself as the wave of the future.
We need to start thinking 'intermestically' about domestic immigration and international economic development policies at the same time.
The United States has lost its credibility on human rights in Latin America because we haven't practiced what we've preached.
I believe it's time for us to rethink what it is that we want from the hemisphere.
It is my hope that others in the U.S. Senate will rise to the occasion upon your departure and help focus U.S. attention on this new agenda.
The erosion of democracy in Venezuela is now accompanied by rising crime and economic stagnation.
The polarization we see in Congress and in politics here today has a damaging effect on foreign policy.
We shouldn't forget that there are many countries in the hemisphere.
I appreciate my colleague's kind comments about my imminent departure after 30 years on this committee and in the Senate.
