It was the United States that would not let the dream of an international institution of this type die.

The cornerstone of this effort is the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, or CBSI, in which the Dominican Republic is a valued partner.

Hundreds have been arrested for their political allegiances.

We're going to clear our agricultural surpluses by sending them to people who need to eat around the world.

One cannot effectively tackle crime and improve the lives of citizens without addressing the root causes and putting in place government controls to prevent corruption and increase transparency.

when a former Prime Minister is imprisoned on the basis of a political--of a legal judgment against a decision she reached while in office, that raises questions about rule of law, and it raises the specter of the allegation of politically…

I respect you so much for that.

The United States stood up and actually spoke in favor of her being allowed to continue to testify, and that is important.

I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) are necessarily absent.

The United States, this administration boycotted that conference in Geneva, encouraged other nations to boycott it as well.

It reminds me of when you are on an airplane and the flight attendant says as you are about to land: Let me be the first to welcome you.

I think that is a great example of $1 billion, and because of his contribution there'll be others.

I look forward to working closely together with you on the critical issues within the jurisdiction of our subcommittee.

I do not want to quiz you on the specifics of the budget, but I would ask, do you support transparency of U.S. funding?

It does seem that our energy resources can, at this point, increase our own economic competitiveness and enhance our power around the world.

The American people have lingering questions about what happened on September 11, 2012, and why the State Department failed to protect our brave Americans in Benghazi.

I have introduced legislation enabling the United States to use its newfound abundance of natural gas to help our NATO allies diversify their energy imports in order to break Russian dominance over them through its control of their natural…

the United States, in dealing with this body in any future engagement on the Arms Trade Treaty, would never, again, allow anything in that treaty to interfere with American law or American practice.