As it's currently proposed, the public benefits of that project would largely be concentrated in the areas like West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Orlando, where the stops are, but it would impose some costs and impacts to all…

a bunch of issues were raised about the cost of the war in Iraq, how much money we spent, and how good we are at spending that money for the veterans. I think that is a valid debate and it is a debate we should have and should continue to…

Reserving the right to object, I wish to address a couple of points. The first is on the issue of politicizing this. I agree. In fact, that is why I have not come forward and said that the Secretary should resign. There are times in this…

Not seeing the Senator from Kentucky, I ask for 1 minute of that time to make the following point----

Thank you, Madam President. I am here on the floor today to talk about an issue that has received a tremendous amount of attention, and rightfully so, in the last few weeks and it is the outrage of what is happening at the Veterans'…

how much time remains? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the time until 1:40 is reserved for the Senator from Kentucky.

The nature of al-Qaeda has dramatically changed over the last number of years.

What I am trying to put forward here is that we cannot continue to ignore that persecution of Christians is a leading motivator.

It is never the wrong time to condemn and sanction individuals responsible for grotesque human rights violations.

I would list 50 people, if I could, today but at least 23 people that today I wanted to share with you and everyone that I believe should be candidates for sanctions.

This is about punishing and shaming individuals responsible for human rights violations.

So is it the policy now of the United States that as long as this dialogue is somewhat successful, we are going to forget the human rights violations?