Chris Coons

I look forward to working with you to sustain the COPS program and other vital partnerships with State and local law enforcement.

I would be happy to work with you and your office on finding a legislative fix.

Natural gas is and always will be very important to the manufacturing and the chemical industries in the United States.

Thank you for your willingness to serve, for your long and dedicated service in the Louisiana Bar.

There are real challenges with counterfeit products, with transparency, with the trafficking of drugs and human trafficking throughout Africa.

The felony penalties the same as people selling DVDs on the corner, which Senator Coons had brought up.

We have to be careful that Western Africa and other regions do not become beachheads for the cartels.

We have to be nimble and we have to continue to develop partnerships throughout.

What can we do that we are not already doing? What additional resources might we be able to offer...

I would just urge some renewed consultation with those who do this professionally or as they are elected.

The United States isn't just ceding its potential economic leadership in Africa to China, it may be ceding its political and moral leadership there as well.

I think the most important thing, and the first thing that the judge has to do, is look at the words of the statute.

I would have certainly seriously considered resigning from my position as head of the Corruption Unit.

For it to function properly it must also be independent from it.

Well, I believe that the judge's role is to apply the law to the facts and to be fair and impartial.

It is important that we review closely nominees for Article 3 lifetime appointments to the bench.

The Office of Inspector General is charged with conducting independent investigations of Department of Justice personnel and programs to detect and deter waste, fraud, abuse, and misconduct and promote integrity, economy, efficiency, and…

I hope to work with you and your Department in making sure that the legal infrastructure we put together makes sense and is responsible.

Thank you, Madam Secretary, for your testimony in front of this Committee and for your disciplined and determined leadership of this remarkably far-flung and broad agency in these very difficult times.

The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program can be a real opportunity to attract to this country foreign nationals with significant resources.

We want to see if there are ways, while keeping them in place, that we can make them more efficient.

We just introduced the International Tourism Facilitation Act, which we worked with the State Department on those issues to make sure that we were doing something that had a chance of passing.

I am honored to chair this hearing for the ambassadorial nominees to South Sudan, Mali, Cape Verde, and Sweden.

If confirmed, all three nominees for Africa will serve at an exciting, critical, and challenging time as we seek to deepen our economic ties and investments.

If confirmed, I will work closely with the Government of Luxembourg to ensure that it continues to support NATO and its burden-sharing responsibilities within the alliance.