Jeff Flake

We have a situation where we have a gross overgrown.

Everything we do here should be and always will be in the open and on television.

All precedents of the Supreme Court deserve the respect of precedent.

It is for Congress, not the courts, to write new law.

Absent a diplomatic, political solution, we are not going to see an end.

The Senate is about to adjourn. Under the standing order, we will convene at 12 noon tomorrow. Following the prayer and pledge, we will proceed to the consideration of the Chao nomination under the previous order. Following disposition of…

To see the sexual abuse and whatnot going on there is just devastating.

I am just saying that diplomatic relations with countries is not a concession to those countries.

I would suggest that a review is prudent.

It is not a concession to a regime to allow Americans to travel.

We should not make concessions to dictators or despots.

We have gone to about 25 percent of the Cuban work force in the private sector.

Their leaders received much while their people have received little. This serves neither the interests of Cubans or Americans.

When you draw a red line, enforce it.

We think that it certainly helps to have congressional buy-in, that our allies certainly deserve to know where we are, and our adversaries need to know.

We rarely declare war these days, but we do authorize the use of military force or pass so-called AUMF.

I have no doubt that as Attorney General you will faithfully execute the office.

I appreciate having you as a friend.

It's reassuring to all of us. I mean, Mike has spent 12 years in the House and four years as governor. He's extremely knowledgeable about the legislative process and he's always been a policy wonk.

Promoting some of the values that we uphold, rule of law, will require our technical assistance

If confirmed, our embassy will be very engaged in that effort with the Government of Gabon.

Are there efforts and cooperation that is taking place to make sure that piracy does not gain a foothold there?

We have a trade surplus. So that is less of a challenge

I think we have gone from virtually very little Cuban employment outside of the Government sector to today about one in four Cubans employed in the so-called private sector

There has been a rift lately between Senegal and Israel.