"Today there are 83 vacancies in our Federal judiciary. This is an unacceptably high number."
"Thank you for the opportunity to have a robust and hopefully constructive conversation on this difficult issue."
"the sooner we begin to tackle long-term costs and the rate of growth in costs, the easier the difficult choices will be."
"I want to thank you, Senator Coons, high Ranking Member Senator Flake, and Senator Markey, for extending this kind invitation to me to make testimony to the subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relation..."
"So we are deeply grateful to President Obama and his administration for the Power Africa Initiative which is taking the first serious steps in six African countries toward tackling this disparity."
"Mr. Chairman, let me also thank you and Chairman Menendez and Senator Corker for considering similar legislation here in the Senate and I look forward to its speedy introduction."
"Addressing the energy deficit in Africa is earning the same bipartisan support from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue and from the American public."
"Thank you, Madam Secretary. Good luck on your upcoming trip to Ghana and Nigeria. I very much look forward to hearing about it."
"American manufacturing has been making a comeback over the last 4 years."
"Our hope is to sustain that by a truly all-of-the-above strategy which we will turn to when we look at legislation."
"Our organizations feel very strongly that an initiative focused on energy access must emphasize providing energy to populations currently without access."