David Perdue

I want to take just a moment today to recognize Dr. Benny Tate of Rock Springs Church in Milner, GA, for being here with us to deliver this morning's opening prayer. Benny is my personal pastor, my dear friend, and inspiration for both my…

What would have us do politically to encourage a ceasefire and really to move toward removal of Bashar al Assad, which is our position right now?

I rise today to speak about why all of us are here. The primary role of Congress is to responsibly fund the Federal Government. To do that, we must set clear national priorities that we can financially support. All too often, the process…

I personally believe the adage that the 20th century was the century of the Atlantic and the 21st is the century of the Pacific.

The U.S. has a tremendous stake in the future of Haiti's democracy.

Despite almost $4 billion in U.S. assistance to Haiti, the nation suffers from high unemployment, political instability, and growing food insecurity due to prolonged drought.

I was discouraged to see the news last week that yet again the second round of elections have been postponed.

I'm concerned that very little progress has been made as Haiti's interim president Jocelerme Privert, a former member of the Haitian parliament, seems more concerned with installing his allies in key government positions than with…

I rise today to speak about an issue that we too often forget about here after the fact. We move on to the next topic of the day. But it was just 1 year ago, on April 2, that actually marked the framework for the Joint Comprehensive Plan…

I think the country faces two very serious crises right now, and they are interrelated.

we are also subsidizing our allies who are spending, on average, much less than 2 percent of their GDP.

regarding the vacancy on the Supreme Court, many of our colleagues in the minority party have said the same things we are saying today. Let's stop kidding each other. This kind of political showmanship--and, yes, indeed, hypocrisy--is…

Last year, the administration had Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, former Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, actually propose to this committee that the West impose an embargo on spare parts for Russian oil refineries.

Well, in meeting with the Defense Minister from Georgia, Khidasheli--she is the current, not the former, but the current Defense Minister--she is very concerned about that rail line, as I am sure you guys are aware.

I think it would be instructive, because I think this is a function that every department over the next couple years is going to have to go through, in terms of what we really can afford to do.

I think that is at the center of one of our problems, that we have to coordinate how we fund these departments.

We are still in the bottom quartile of OECD nations when it comes to the amount of money we spend on international aid.

I think we have to ask the question of how we can afford not to make these investments.

This budget from you proposes about a 17 percent cut.

Are they encouraging them to get together and try to work this out politically?

I know we have a vote coming. I ask unanimous consent to complete my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Filling the Supreme Court Vacancy

That sounds like Washington, D.C. The only difference is we do not have Democratic and Republican militias.

I rise today to discuss why I believe the Senate should not hold hearings or schedule a vote on any Supreme Court nominee offered by President Obama until the American people choose our next President this November. The American people are…

I was really troubled by the state of the situation, particularly, if I am correct, that we have spent some $4 billion in Haiti.

What I am trying to determine is, of the $1.7 billion, how big is that relative to the $22.5 billion for bilateral aid?