We are losing 22 veterans a day to suicide. In the Active Duty, we lost 132 young men and women in combat in 2013. We lost 475 to suicide, almost four times as many.

It is about your leadership on setting those national standards.

The chairman of Ways and Means recently introduced legislation--I believe it is called the Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act--that would bar the IRS from changing the guidelines for tax-exempt 401(c)(4) groups until the…

I think that is, obviously, a double standard that is inappropriate.

I think our country needs to save more, and our military always sets the example for our country, in terms of the values and ethics embraced by our military.

The fact that you worked this hard and came up with this proposal adopted unanimously is something that I hope, before we get off to the races trying to politicize anything on this side of the table, that we pause a moment and realize that…

The notion that every dollar spent ends up in the hands of Cuban military simply is not the case.

Mr. President, the Committee on Foreign Relations has adopted rules governing its procedures for the 114th Congress. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 2, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, on behalf of myself and Senator Menendez, I ask…

This will be a fully functioning embassy.

I would view it the same way in terms of travel. We have had various programs. We spend, I think, about $20 million a year on democracy programs trying to give more Cubans access to the Internet, for example.

There is no guarantee that if we completely got rid of the travel ban... Congress needs to move to...

I have always said if somebody is going to restrict my travel, it should be a Communist.

It would be untrue and it would certainly be a stretch for me to say that every travel dollar goes into the hand of an ordinary Cuban citizen.

I have quoted him often in a piece in the 'New York Times' in 2003 I think.

I have traveled to Cuba a number of times and have met with Ms. Leiva and your husband in prior years.

I think that is something that a lot of us have always believed.

I applaud the administration for taking this position and for pursuing this.

We have not for about 50 years now. And now at least there is a possibility that we might be able to make some improvements and see increased freedom for the Cuban people.