I just want your commitment publicly that we will address this issue, if, in fact, this has not been cleared up--and we hope it will be--by the time you get there.

I think religious liberties is an important thing for us to clearly be on the side of.

One of the arguments I have made, of course, is that our relationship and the cooperation that we get from the King and the Jordanian Government are extraordinary.

I wish you all the best.

Kirchner has replaced independent media regulators with a board charged with overseeing the distribution of media licenses.

we have to hold them accountable to make sure they push their neighbors, push their partners on those issues that we cherish

the sole totalitarian regime and state sponsor of terrorism in our hemisphere

there is this emerging trend, which I find as a direct threat, and that is the growing authoritarianism

I am also concerned--and I am no longer the ranking member of this subcommittee, but I am glad I am here today--by what best can be characterized as an indifferent foreign policy--and both parties are guilty of this--toward the hemisphere…

If it wants to be an ally, if it wants to have a better relationship with the United States, it must engage in good faith negotiations with its creditors, and it must honor its international financial obligations.

We have this trend in Latin America of people who get elected but then do not govern democratically, and Argentina is an example of this.