I think that is the apt comparison. It is Iran versus other Middle Eastern countries that are dependent on the exportation of oil for their GDP.

We need to do absolutely everything that we can do to make sure that Iran does not support terrorist organizations and that Iran never develops a nuclear weapon.

Senator Bennet

It would seem to me that there is no need for any other evidence than what we saw this week.

We've pushed the Iranians to the margins of the financial sector, and we must push them out of business.

These sanctions have put the squeeze on the Iranian regime and made it nearly impossible for Iran work through any internationally recognized banking entity.

Our goal in passing CISADA was clear: to change Iran's cost-benefit analysis and compel the country to alter behavior regarding its nuclear weapons program.

I think Secretary Sherman put it exactly right.

Should they do reform of some kind? Do people here--and I take it from what you just said that you think the 2 percent across-the-board cut would not be the best or most responsible idea.

we are going to have a very hard time bringing this unemployment rate down.

We are hoping that the Super Committee can start to lay the foundations for a corporate tax reform that would make it more compelling economically for corporations to put that money at work in the United States.