It was America that offered the big solutions to the big problems of the world, right? It was America that invented the Internet. It was America that saved democracy in Europe after World War II.

This is about American bigness, it`s about American boldness, and it is perfectly timed as the president makes his first foray back to Europe.

What they tell us explicitly they are after is the release of political prisoners and the conduct of a new election.

This is about a country that would like the opportunity to find some prosperity and stability for its own citizens.

Giving players the right to share in revenues generated is not a new concept and is a common practice in professional sports.

What we see from the opposition is a clear desire--it is different from what happened in Ukraine.

It is important to recognize what the Belarusian opposition is asking for and how it is different.

These are State-licensed facilities, as the Secretary said repeatedly.

I want to applaud you and the President for your quiet and effective diplomacy in bringing an end to the crisis in Israel and inside Gaza.

I think that the request that we made is appropriate and will enable it not only to sustain, but to actually grow its mission.

I know that Senator Kaine is very good at making the case for the JCPOA, and it is true that Iran signed and said that it would never have a nuclear weapon.

I think it is important for us to ask what we got for those sanctions.

However, if you allow its ballistic missile program to move forward and it develops a delivery system for that nuclear material, and if you lift sanctions--and, yes, they roll back for the moment, a year, 2 years, 3 years.

It is amazing to me that what was a NATO ally--is a NATO ally--but we had great aspirations for.

I will be very brief.

I am deeply grateful to her for how much work she put in to trying to help us develop sound Federal policy.

What it does is result in 50 percent of the population being out of work which unfortunately tends to feed Hamas narrative.

We can’t be a credible interlocutor for fighting corruption when, you know, we have our own oligarchs who are increasingly in charge of the decisions being made in Washington and state capitols.

The more serious we are in Washington of that re-capturing power for the people away from the corrupt elites, the better we’ll be at convincing governments like those in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador to clean up their own act.

I wanted to come to the floor very briefly today to thank Chairman Menendez and Ranking Member Risch for the great work they did on the Foreign Relations Committee to add to the pending legislation a title developed in the Foreign…

We all around the world stand for the idea that no government should curtail the right of the press to be able to tell objective stories about what is happening on the ground but, in particular, in Ethiopia and Tigray.

What are the consequences of these visas not being granted?

We recognize the tremendous risks that they have taken and the sacrifices that they have made, especially during the past year and a half.

Migrants, as it turns out, don't really care who the President of the United States is.

I hope that we get to have a meaningful discussion today about the border and the many other challenges that are facing the department.