John McCain

He blocked unanimous consent for consideration of that before this body.

He was one of two Senators to oppose sanctions in 2001, again in 2008 in the Banking Committee.

Your refusal to answer whether you were right or wrong about it is going to have an impact on my judgment as to whether to vote for your confirmation or not.

I have Israel's back--$3.1 billion in assistance, almost $300 additional million out of the Defense Department for Iron Dome.

I have never read a more carefully prepared statement, a more forthright statement, and one that has no hedges or deviations.

Public service is a privilege. I have always regarded it as such.

Look at the last election. We are losing dramatically the Hispanic vote, which we think should be ours for a variety of reasons. And we've got to understand that. Second of all, this -- we can't go on forever with 11 million people living…

No amnesty. Many of them need to be sent back.

I think it's the right thing to do. I support it. I just want us all to make sure that the standards, particularly the physical standards, are met so that the combat efficiency of the units are not degraded, but it's time to do that. Women…

There are many questions that are unanswered. And the answers frankly that you have given this morning are not satisfactory to me.

Thank you, Madam Secretary, and it is wonderful to see you in good health and as combative as ever. We thank you for your outstanding and dedicated service to this Nation, and we are proud of you.

I have serious concerns about positions Senator Hagel has taken on a range of critical national security issues in recent years which we will fully consider in the course of the confirmation process.

Please stay with us. This--I hope this is a one-time thing.

Senator John McCain is asking what took so long.

Every day that goes by, the problem becomes more difficult, whether it be the weapons they were talking about, the chemical weapons and the nerve gas, or whether it be the influence of these jihadists.

I think we could establish a safe zone from which they could organize and operate.

I don't know why, Anderson, but I think it's important to note that Bashar al-Assad may interpret that as a green light for everything else, in other words, do everything up to but not including the use of chemical weapons.

We cannot go over this fiscal cliff, no matter what people on both ends of the political spectrum say.

It's time now to sit across the table from one another.

It is clear that the information that she gave the American people was incorrect when she said that it was a spontaneous demonstration triggered by a hateful video. It was not.

It is clear that the information she gave the American people was incorrect when she said that it was a spontaneous demonstration triggered by a hateful video. It was not, and there was compelling evidence at the time that that was…

I have no comments about my schedule and I'm not going to comment how I spend my time to the media.

Because I have the right as a senator to have no comment. And who the hell are you to tell me I can or not?

I will not vote and not agree to her appointment as secretary of state.

Well, I can say I appreciate them saying that, but the fact is four Americans died, four Americans died, and there was overwhelming evidence to the contrary that was clearly a al Qaeda affiliated attack that murdered four Americans that…