There's nothing wrong with enlightened self-interest.

You've always understood that advancing justice for the peoples of the Americas puts the United States on the right side of history and advances U.S. national security at the same time.

I thank all of you. You've been terrific, and again I thank you.

I'll tell you, one of the things I feel very good about is that there are people like Bob Menendez, who care about these issues.

We must be consistent on human rights at home and in foreign policy, and we must demonstrate that Latin America matters to our future.

You've got to have a resettlement policy that says, if you're in a particular category, this is what the future holds.

President Clinton, to his eternal credit in my view, just does not quit on this issue.

Maybe we ought to be spending a little more time looking at the relationships at that level.

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Yes, I agree that this bill narrows the applicability of the red flag identity theft provisions of the FACT Act to cover those creditors where identity thieves can do the most harm--creditors that use consumer reports, furnish information…

Brazil aspires to a place on the U.N. Security Council, as a member of the so-called BRICs, sees itself as the wave of the future.

In places where things really work, it's because there's intense coordination going on between schools, church programs, after-school programs, local business.

We shouldn't forget that there are many countries in the hemisphere.

Well, they're going to have quite a stage now, with the World Cup and the Olympics coming up in the next few years.

That's not an illegitimate concern.

It's far more complicated than a common language.

We need to start thinking 'intermestically' about domestic immigration and international economic development policies at the same time.

Claims to the contrary will only ring hollow.

I believe that the new government of Dilma Rousseff will be less anxious to solidify a relationship with Iran.

I believe it's time for us to rethink what it is that we want from the hemisphere.

I had hoped we'd get in the lame duck session to the ratification of the Colombian Free Trade Agreement and the Panamanian Free Trade Agreement.

Sovereignty is a critically important issue in Latin America.

first of all, let me express my gratitude to all of the colleagues and other individuals who have come to the Chamber at this moment. Everyone who serves in Congress usually recalls two moments in their service: the maiden speech they give…

The polarization we see in Congress and in politics here today has a damaging effect on foreign policy.

All politics is local.