Mr. President, I wish to pay tribute and thank a dedicated and capable individual, Lorenzo Goco, who retired from the Senate on Friday after 20 years of expert service. For the past 6 years, Lorenzo has served as the deputy staff director…

we are negotiating with a party that does not actually have the power to conclude any kind of deal that we would actually want.

I wish the Obama administration luck in their strategy of playing out these talks for the next 2 years.

Mr. President, I thank the bill manager on our side of the aisle, the good Senator from Alaska, as well as the bill manager on the Democratic side, the Senator from the State of Washington, for working together and trying to get a list of…

Zarif represents the Iranian regime. And, Zarif is a very good negotiator.

we have to stop talking about only two groups, the pragmatists and the hard-liners.

I look forward to working with Senator Menendez, Chairman Shelby, and other Members of this Committee to build a bipartisan veto-proof majority to enact the Kirk-Menendez Iran legislation to decisively end Iran's nuclear threat once and…

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I want to join the praise to you, Ambassador Froman...

I am grateful that Senator Boxer will yield for a question. This is a question I have of Senator Boxer, and I wish to get her feedback because of her years of experience, her wisdom, and her depth of understanding on this issue. I think…

If confirmed, I will ensure that USTR continues to pursue an agreement with Colombia on accelerated tariff elimination.

To me this is an issue where we have had some debate about the pipeline and the oilspill liability trust fund. I would hope we would come back to that issue because these issues about spills and safety and security should be part of the…

We have raised our strong concerns regarding the impact of the EU's GI policies on made in America products.

I was going to give some comments in addition to my colleague from Alaska about the process and where we are and respond to some of the comments she has made. If the Senator from Rhode Island could wait a few minutes, is that possible?

I thank the Senator from Rhode Island. We are here tonight because we haven't ended debate on the Keystone Pipeline bill. We haven't ended debate because our colleagues voted to not end debate on this important measure, and I think for…

I do not share the ambivalence that the senior Senator from New York has about the benefits of these trade agreements.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio).

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 252 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Not only does it represent a direct threat, but it represents what could be the start of a nuclear arms race.