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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 23, 2015

Thank you, Secretary Kerry. You are serving in very challenging times and you are doing it so well.

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 23, 2015

this is a ridiculous way to run a country at this difficult time.

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 23, 2015

Nothing gets more complicated than the use of a word that no one can define.

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 23, 2015

The one time we had a real difference was on the war in Iraq.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Feb 23, 2015

While the next panel is gathering, can I just express my appreciation to Senator Klobuchar for including in her bill a provision that Senator Sessions and I have supported to make sure that it is clear that the U.S. Marshals can deploy in…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Feb 23, 2015

I am suggesting kind of two parts to the benefit. One is that it would create resources to help the victims, but it is also a sanction when hotel owners who are letting this happen lose their hotels and when Website owners who are allowing…

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John Boozman
@johnboozman· Republican · AR· Feb 23, 2015

I recently joined 74 of my colleagues here in the Senate in writing a letter to express our concerns with the recent bid by the Palestinian Authority to join the International Criminal Court.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Feb 23, 2015

The Federal Reserve has significant responsibilities in many areas.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Feb 23, 2015

Mr. President, I am reintroducing legislation that would require the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. In 2010, I worked to include a provision with similar language…

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Feb 23, 2015

At this point do you anticipate that there will be needs to improve? I mean, that is what seems to strike most people when you look at some of the incidents that have taken place over the last several years, that some change has to happen.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 23, 2015

I think we need to move and be ready to move quickly.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Feb 23, 2015

It is not only the right thing to do for the victims... it is also the right thing to do when it comes to putting together these cases against the people running these rings.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Feb 23, 2015

A 12-year-old should not be prosecuted for this. A 12-year-old is a victim.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Feb 23, 2015

We cannot believe anything President Putin says about his intentions.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Feb 23, 2015

I would urge on the governance piece, which I think is going to be the most challenging considering the history of corruption, et cetera, that there be ways that we can evaluate whether progress, in fact, is being made.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Feb 23, 2015

I would just urge the administration to be more aggressive in providing the help to the Ukrainian people.

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Dianne Feinstein
@diannefeinstein· Democratic · CA· Feb 23, 2015

It needs to be stopped and you have to curb the demand and we have learned that with drugs.

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