I look forward, Under Secretary, to working with you to better understand the model that you are using going forward.

I am pleased to convene today's hearing of the Foreign Relations Committee entitled 'Economic Statecraft: Increasing American Jobs through Greater U.S.-Africa Trade and Investment.'

We need a new vision and plan for our relationship with Africa, one that goes far beyond AGOA.

I think it is an important piece of legislation.

I just wanted to reflect briefly on yesterday's passing of President John Atta Mills of Ghana.

I very much thank Senator Blunt. Thank you for helping to contribute to the bipartisan, positive tone of our deliberations. I thank my friend, the Senator from Rhode Island, for his leadership both in today's colloquy and in pulling…

Madam President, I appreciate the opportunity to speak today. I am following the Senator from the State of Colorado. My topic is also about manufacturing jobs in the United States. I thank the Senator from Colorado for coming to the Senate…

If there were to be standards that were negotiated--that were agreed to between industry and regulatory agencies, for an area like cyber, where the threat seems to be rapidly evolving, how would you update, routinely, those standards in a…

I agree, since, in any of the scenarios we have been discussing, it is likely to be State and local responders who bear a lot of the responsibility, are likely to be first on scene, or likely to be leading the recovery effort.

Mr. President, I rise today to join the chorus of voices from our caucus who have tonight spoken to the value, to the importance of transparency in elections. Transparency, as we all know, is critical for free and fair elections and for…

I was happy to join you last year in supporting the Grid Cyber Security Act.