I believe U.S. sanctions are the most important part of all the sanctions.

I do not want to leave any room for doubt at all that we have any concerns that this material, when it ultimately arrives in Russia, will not be subject to safeguards.

We are in the process of negotiating very closely, discussing very closely with the IAEA and Russia what exactly that will look at.

I would just ask people to be reasonable. There are more consequences than those laid out by Senator Murphy, but each one of the ones he laid out are pretty consequential.

it really felt like what we were doing is helping create a better country for Iran in Iraq.

I worry that you may misread where the reluctance lies in Congress today.

This agreement ends a culture of permissiveness that had allowed for the Iranians to conduct a nuclear program that was unprecedented in scope.

There are undoubtedly plenty of examples in which diplomacy has gone wrong, in which we signed a deal that did not work out for the best interests of American national security.

I thank the Senator from Connecticut for his advocacy on this issue. I know we are approaching a vote, so I will be brief in my comments. Not to repeat those of Senator Blumenthal, but he is exactly right--there are absolutely no questions…

in January of last year, I walked onto the Senate floor for the second time in my life. The first time that I got to be on the Senate floor was in 1995 when I was an intern for my Senator, Chris Dodd. Back then it was a little bit easier…

I add my congratulations to Senator Chambliss. It is strange, coming here in the last 2 years and getting to serve only 2 years with giants in the Senate like Saxby, like Tom Harkin, and like Senator Rockefeller, whose legacies will live…

My hope is, especially with this new allocation of significant resources in the omnibus, that this is going to be maybe the pinnacle of success stories in terms of how the United States exerts influence around the world.

The quickest way that the United States can deploy more personnel is through the military.

I do not think this is a charade. I think whether or not we pass this through the House and through the Senate in the next few days, this has been a forcing mechanism.

I do think there is a difference in terms of what we believe ISIS to be.

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I am heartened to see the Administration work with industry and the international community to reduce HFCs here at home and globally.

Thank you very much, Chairman Boxer. Thank you for calling this hearing today.

I believe the Murphy-Collins legislation is an important next step to building on the work we've done here at home.

I look forward to testimony today.

I've been proud to work with former Senator Voinovich and Senator Inhofe on reducing black carbon pollution from our diesel engines.

I ask unanimous consent that Amanda Clinton, a health care fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the calendar year. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

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reserving the right to object, just to make a few brief comments prior to my colleagues speaking on their request on the underlying bill, it is my understanding that the request is to bring a bill to the floor that would create an…

Reserving the right to object, just bear with me. As the Senator knows, the President set forth a policy to let States, such as Louisiana, take advantage of this opportunity--through the work of the insurance commissioner--to allow those…