Dick Lugar

The United States attaches critical importance to helping Haiti strengthen, expand, and diversify its economy.

Well, we are counting on you to reduce the barriers to American entrepreneurs working with Indian entrepreneurs to the benefit of the people.

It's why Senator Lugar and I have fought for continued investments in the long-term relationship that is based on mutual goals.

Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

The need to fill these posts is obvious.

Many of us have been working for years, through the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline or through various other situations, to try to think how our European allies and NATO could come out from underneath what really could be a critical hobbling…

Well, we congratulate you on your service. I join our chairman in saying we are hopeful we can get action on this nomination very swiftly so that you are there and can serve our country well during these weeks and months ahead.

Well, speaking of our assistance in this respect, as you pointed out earlier, large numbers of Indians lack access to electricity, and energy poverty limits their economic advancement options.

I appreciate that response. Obviously, you are on top of the subject, and I congratulate you.

as a corn farmer, I have been promoting corn ethanol for the last 15 years.

Well, these covenants that you would place on the FCMs, as you say, does not, once again, offer 100 percent confidence.

Well, many sophisticated investors must have come to a conclusion that continuing on with MF Global was not a very good idea for themselves or for their customers.

The difference is in this case there was customer money that was affected and that was taken.

I am just curious as to how in this business we are talking about today or in any business you can have 100 percent confidence that your funds will be safe.

I was surprised but pleased in a sense that they had been conducting what they called 'war games.'

on December 7, 70 years ago, just before 8 in the morning local time, the first wave of 183 Japanese imperial aircraft descended upon the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. A second wave of 170 aircraft followed to make sure that as…

I commend Chairman Levin and Ranking Member McCain, our distinguished Armed Services Committee leaders, for their amendment regarding the problem of counterfeit parts, Senate amendment 1092, which was agreed to, as modified, last Tuesday…

Iran continues to be a direct threat to United States national security, the security of our close ally Israel, and other United States interests in the region.

it would be preferable for the United States to prosecute the attack because we are likely to be more efficient and more effective.

Iran's leaders have issued cynical statements of support for this year's democratic movements across the Middle East and North Africa, even as they suppress dissent at home.

The regime persists in its persecution of many political activists, lawyers, students, journalists, trade unionists, and filmmakers.

As we debate how most effectively to constrain Iran's nuclear ambitions, it is important to keep in mind those who continue to pay a personal cost for expressing their opposition to the Iranian regime.

Iran's material and financial support of Hezbollah and Hamas continues to undermine international efforts to promote peace and economic prosperity in the Middle East.

I rise in support of an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, which would repeal the Cold War-era Jackson-Vanik trade restrictions on Moldovan products and thereby provide impetus for closer U.S. strategic engagement between…

The degree of knowledge on the part of the Congress and our constituents about Africa certainly needs great improvement.