I want to encourage whistleblowing. I want to encourage the protection of whistleblowers.

Tom Perez committed the Justice Department to assist the city in getting Fredrick Newell's qui tam action dismissed.

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The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas…

the impact is on almost every aspect of life.

the political opposition has been suppressed and impunity for corruption continues.

maritime security cooperation has recently become critically important, an issue that Senator Flake has championed with my strong support.

these things are sources of strength for our country.

the American example is one of the most powerful contributions that our Nation has made to the world.

We are a nation founded not on a common religion or a common blood or ethnicity, but on an uncommon set of ideas: that all people are created equal and that we all have certain unalienable rights.

in many ways that is the source of our strength because whatever the court rules on that issue, people may disagree, they may disagree very strongly, but at the end of the day people are going to abide by it.

I am always concerned at what point does the U.S. dollar cease to be the world's reserve currency.

I will work vigorously to advance our strategic priority to press the OECD to move beyond a European focus to extend its influence to important emerging economies.

The Europeans are doing all kinds of things. There may be a little bit of a double standard.

We are committed in working in those places where we can be most effective, but we have to make sure that the political environment is safe.

That Constitution is the greatest operating system for democracy that the world has ever known.

We need to guide it, steer it. We need to lead it. And we cannot rest on our laurels.

I will do everything in my power, if confirmed, to see that [the Dutch] happen.