If I controlled the media in this country, I would have 80 percent approval ratings too.

This hearing of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights--you guys know the committee--comes to order.

I really believe that had a space been created at that moment, that provided a unique opportunity.

The situation they face is unsustainable in the long-term and the better thing to do is to create an internal accommodation.

I think there is kind of an attitude in the region that has become quite scornful of the notion of what is referred to as democracy or the freedom agenda or so on.

I am pleased that in the Senate we are about to take a vote on ratifying the protocol of the accession of Montenegro to NATO. What I wanted to do was to take a few moments to explain to people why I think this is an important vote and an…

this is one of the first times, if not the only time, that this committee has had three Cuban Americans seated before it.

I wholeheartedly encourage the committee and the full Senate to support his nomination to be our next Secretary of Labor.

South Sudan leaders have stoked violent conflict, committed mass atrocities, and created a manmade famine.

the kind of Secretary of Labor I expect Alex will be, will be a champion for working men and women.

I am confident that Alex Acosta will serve this Nation admirably, and I am proud to introduce him to the committee today.

It is amazing how many of them are not Syrians, how this vacuum in Syria became a magnet for foreign fighters from all over the region to come in and use it as a playground for their broader aims and goals.