Chris Coons

I think this sort of function in this particular legislative authorization would be helpful for DOJ and FBI...

I agree with you that in particular in a democracy and facing what is a broadly distributed threat...

We will give ourselves a low grade for how we have done in terms of being able to bridge the differences between our parties and our chambers in terms of coming up with some functional structure for dealing with the cyber threat to our…

I am truly grateful to Senator Flake, who has been really accommodating with the time on his schedule.

The more we can press that issue and the more that we can ensure that our corporations adhere to all of our rules and regulations and all the rules and regulations of Cameroon, the better the trade will be.

Progress has been made. In April of this year, a senate was elected. Of 100 senators, 20 are women and 18 are members of the opposition.

Thank you. I would look forward to hearing updates on your progress in that important work.

We have to be very, very clear-eyed about the challenges in Cameroon and maintain a very clear-eyed perspective on some of the shortcomings that need to be overcome.

I would hope that you can impress on the governments that you will be representing us in, or with, the importance of not living up to some artificially high standard that we have set, but living up to their own documents, their own…

Moroccan clementines make up a significant percentage of our Port of Wilmington business, so it is of particular interest to me.

How do we ensure that Niger, currently a relatively staunch U.S. ally with which we have built some strong partnerships, does not become the next Mali?

These are all positive steps forward towards what we hope will be a democratic process of transparency that will have the confidence of the Cameroonian people.

One of the values I place on MCC compacts, threshold compacts and then full compacts, is it requires transparency, commitment to democracy, commitment to certain sort of core principles.

I have urged them to take the model of skills transfer, technology transfer, and investment.

There is a longstanding partnership program between the U.S. National Guard of specific States and specific countries.

But I think the true test of friendship and partnership are are you there when things are not going well.

Ethiopia has played a central role in bringing stability to Somalia.

It is helping them to develop the northern part of their own country.

Moving toward another round of credible, transparent elections is a vital part of the steady progress toward a sustainable democracy.

I think to the extent that the situation at home permits them to do that we need to encourage them to keep up that proud history.

It seems to me that we need to help them with their security response to Boko Haram.

The strength of the Electoral Commission was particularly vital.

One of the best things about working on Africa in the Senate is its bipartisan support.

I have had a number of heads of state comment directly, pointedly, to me that they feel the absence of an American investment in that kind of continent-wide convening.

We have to look broadly at all of our activities, the activities that relate to Treasury, the activities that relate to governance.