Burundi's escalating violence and instability has made for a complex situation that requires sustained attention.

And having the ability to use our sanctions to encourage positive behavior in that period is something we should not give up so quickly.

Chad remains an important partner on a number of fronts, especially in the efforts against Boko Haram.

This has been incredibly informative.

we are fully aware of the panoply of U.S. security concerns and interests, and we are sanguine about where sub-Saharan Africa tends to rank

the threat of sanctions is more effective even than the sanctions, themselves.

Do not, you know, provide sanctions relief.

In my experience, unilateral economic sanctions by themselves rarely, if ever, achieve their intended goal.

I agree completely with my fellow Senator from Arizona on this catfish issue. We have a lot of fiscal challenges ahead. If we hope to tackle the immense fiscal challenges ahead, we have to vote right on issues like this. Where there is…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business and have my time charged for the proponents of the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I come to the floor to speak with regard to providing funding for the emerging Zika crisis that the Senate will be considering on the floor today. We in this body and the entire Congress over the past several years have provided a lot of…

When folks hear that this study was funded by taxpayer dollars, I am sure there will be equal disgust by both Republicans and Democrats. Another study was funded to see if one can outrun a dinosaur. The NSF and NIH gave taxpayer dollars to…