Chris Coons

We are deeply concerned that the Transitional President Djotodia has taken steps to consolidate his power.

The voices of Central Africans must also inform our policy decisions.

Will that heighten the focus and attention on this enough in order to deliver the resources needed?

As difficult as CAR's history has been, the current crisis is far different in terms of its scope and emerging brutality.

I am glad to hear that the APB has played a very constructive and sort of all-of-government role here in elevating the crisis and in finding solutions to it so far.

What role has the Atrocities Prevention Board played within the U.S. Government?

What are the repercussions for regional spillover?

What specific actions can the United States Government take next that will help end the humanitarian suffering, restore some security, and move CAR toward a sustainable path of democratic governance?

The violent crisis in CAR is a stark reminder of the very real human costs of fragile states, weak governance, and corruption.

I was very moved by King Abdullah's personal appeal for our ongoing support.

I come to the floor today to speak on the tragedy, on the ongoing crisis of sexual assault in our Armed Forces and what I believe we must do. There are several options before us, each of which has been the subject of lengthy and passionate…

I come to the floor again today to talk about jobs, about manufacturing jobs, about the high-quality, high- skill wage jobs America needs for today and for the future. Today I have introduced a bill which shows that dealing with our…

I come to the floor once again to talk about jobs and economic growth. We are continuing to see signs of a steadily improving economy, with more than 200,000 jobs created last month in the jobs report just released last Friday. Of those…

I come to the floor to talk about jobs-- about manufacturing jobs. As we all know, manufacturing jobs are high- quality jobs. Manufacturing jobs come with higher pay and higher benefits. Manufacturing jobs help create other local service…

Civil litigation in America can be very expensive.

The import and impact of these changes is likely to be highly litigated.

What problems are we really trying to solve? What empirical evidence is there that these changes will actually solve those problems?

Balancing those two, finding a path that is appropriate, and ensuring that we do not deny access to justice for those who are aggrieved...

I think that is just vital.

When a transitional governing body is established, Assad and his associates with blood on their hands will have no role in Syria.

Thank you, Chairman Menendez, for holding this critically important hearing.

What should we be doing here forward to ensure that al-Shabaab loses the financial support to continue operations?

There seems to be a real tension between a desire for a strong national government to be able to resist intrusion from Ethiopia, from Kenya sort of meddling by outside forces.

If you might, for AMISOM to be successful, they need--several of you have recommended greater force projection capability.

A steady transition from 20 years of statelessness, lawlessness, and violence to a functioning democracy is part of the objective of this hearing.