"The fourth reason why peace is possible is, as you noted in your opening statement, Senator Coons, this new Peace and Security Framework that 11 countries have signed along with the United Nations Secretary General."
"A key role a special envoy could play is to insist on accountability for the DRC and for Rwanda."
"For every villain who would take a life to further their ends, there are heroes ready to stand up to them."
"I plan to present the administration with a list of key recommendations for changes or for a path forward to United States policy and to introduce a resolution calling for Secretary Kerry to appoint a..."
"There now exists a better chance for peace in eastern Congo than at any time since the current deadly cycle of conflict began in the mid-1990s."
"We have just got to step up the game and create a cost for those that are going to undermine the effort to have peace in the region."
"Thank you, Mr. Prendergast, for those particularly spirited and focused remarks and recommendations."
"For this, a sustained political process, led by the U.N. Special Envoy, and supported by the United States and this committee is the best hope we have had in more than a decade to help move this regio..."
"The new normal, I believe, is accountability, and that is partly due to the fact that this committee was so strong in its condemnation of that."
"We need an unrelenting investment in the creation of a legitimate peace process."
"The United States should work with the European Union to convene all of these companies in the supply chain."