Mark Kirk: “If we can't be tough on pirates on the open seas we can't be tough on almost anything.”

It is imperative for the Committee, in its oversight responsibilities, get to the bottom of exactly how much cash has been transferred.

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 would urge the State Department... to continue to press the Government of Iran to fully cooperate in our efforts to find Robert and bring him home.

I look at the Adam Szubin problem not just in the context of are we serious about terrorism...