We have to reinvest in them, in their institutions and their societies.

It is also a question of whether we are willing to come up with the resources to do it.

That has got to be a challenge to this Congress, as well, I would assume.

Today we are spending 0.1 percent of GDP on foreign aid.

We do not actually spend a lot of time talking about resources.

If we do this, we feed into Putin's narrative of encirclement, 'We are at war with the West.'

We did not fund the support in the community, and we set up a community mental health system that was wholly separate and apart from the rest of the health care system.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

What we'd like to do is to see that it's required for most employers to do this.

the reforms that he has suggested have been fairly paper thin.

you cannot solve this problem unless you solve the underlying political realities of the region, which drive people to these extremist groups.

We've really got to figure out a way to encourage employers to do this.

I just hope that we are thinking of new means of leverage to try to change the dynamics inside Baghdad

We note that Senators Hatch, Collins, Nelson and Whitehouse have all introduced bills that would fix... the tax qualification rules applicable to MEPs.

I have opposed this program from the start, thought it was destined to fail, but they, frankly, were doing a pretty miraculous job.

I hope as a country we will use our military strength as an example of why diplomacy is a far better way to reach solutions in the Middle East than military solutions.

You may know I'm the sponsor of the Automatic IRA Act, which moves a lot in this direction.

let me associate myself with the remarks of Senator Baldwin and Senator Portman. I thank them for making this bipartisan clarion call to bring this body together on behalf of students. There are over 6,000 students in my State of…

I am on the floor today to join my good friend from Louisiana, Senator Cassidy, as we formally introduce to the Chamber the Mental Health Reform Act of 2015. I thank him personally for all the time he has put into this not only as a Member…

I think we can all agree that we are stuck, and that we have effectively been stuck since the failure of the 'Leap Day' agreement.

I agree completely that persistence and consistency are very important.

Sustained pressure is important. And that requires coordination and cooperation from the international community.

Connecticut is part of the regional greenhouse gas trading program called RGGI. We have been in this for long enough to have some really good data as to what it means when you make a commitment to reduce carbon.

Independent economic analysis shows that during that same time, because of that investment in clean energy, we added 1,400 new jobs to the region during that period of time and, maybe most impressively, reduced the costs of electricity and…

I think it is important that we take steps to give some new authorities to the administration.