Mark Kirk: “Let me compliment you, Senator Lugar and this committee, on the Lugar-Casey bill, which has passed the committee and I…”

I am disappointed that we do not have a representative from the Administration here today.

I am dismayed that... not once did the Administration ever share that this was a pending item and/or that it was in the midst of a potential negotiation.

I am always concerned about what our policy is in the world as it relates to how we deal with achieving the release of hostages.

When Rouhani and his folks are sitting there with $1.7 billion in their jeans, it can be made very much worth their while.