Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake has apologized for his son's behavior online. The senator calls the language unacceptable.

the Senate has taken an important and historic step today by adopting a motion to proceed to legislation reforming our broken immigration system. I look forward to moving through this debate over the next couple of days and weeks in…

the Senate, I am learning, is an institution bound by tradition and precedent. One of the time-honored and worthwhile traditions in this body is that new Senators, for at least the first few months of their service, are to be essentially…

I think this committee is united around the fact that the FLAME Act is not being implemented in the way that we all intended it to.

It's heart wrenching to see some of the impediments that are still there to keep us from treating more of the forests.

Senator Flake is personally monitoring the situation. He has had multiple conversations with the deputy Mexican ambassador this weekend as well.

I can tell you, particularly coming from Arizona, which was the scene for a lot of this, there is a lot of mistrust, and people do not think that anybody is held to account at any time.

I would love to see more U.S. tourism there, ecotourism.

One thing that has been disappointing I think to all of us is that regional organizations, in particular SADC and the African Union, have not spoken out more forcefully and more on the side of democracy.

Can you foresee a role for the United Nations, a broader role than is currently planned, in that situation?

I thank you all, and I appreciate you coming by my office and I enjoyed the private conversation.

It sometimes seems in the General Assembly, if it were not for Israel, Palau, and the Marshall Islands, we would not have any friends.