"It'll be sliced as soon as it comes over to the Congress, sliced again in the second House and in conference."
"if we're going to do this job, we can't sit here and wish this problem away."
"Prime Minister Putin's congratulations to President Obama were interesting, in that this was the first point that he took up as to how there might be more communication."
"I want to emphasize that as chairman of the committee, I will do everything in my power to leverage a bipartisan effort here."
"The vote has begun. Dr. Rice, you're being saved by the Senate even as you're being grilled by the Senate."
"The United Nations is too valuable. Our time is too urgent now. The issues are too pressing."
"We think that there is no place in the 21st century for aggression or intimidation of sovereign states."
"there is an obligation on your part to the American people to report about all of this because taxpayer funds of all Americans are involved."
"I am concerned that the United Nations is beginning to fail to follow up on the significant progress made by the Procurement Task Force."
"While we all hope for a United Nations that can fulfill its potential as a forum for international problem-solving and dispute resolution, often the U.N. has fallen short of our hopes."
"This committee and others in Congress have spent much time examining how the United States can work cooperatively with partners at the U.N. to streamline its bureaucracy, improve its transparency, and..."