Dick Lugar

Let me just say at the outset that when asked by the press whether I would have voted for Waxman-Markey if I had been in the House, my answer is no.

Senators Lugar, Menendez, and Corker, and I have been developing initial reform legislation that we believe goes a long way toward improving our short-term capacity to deliver foreign aid in a more accountable, thoughtful, and strategic…

No, I think no one of us--there are 100 Senators--can set the law.

People leave their countries for only two reasons--civil unrest or dire economic necessity. Change those dynamics, you won't have that pressure.

I want to emphasize that this legislation really only represents the first step in a longer reform process, but we believe it sends an important bipartisan signal that foreign aid reform will be a priority for the committee in the years…

the current Administration should continue to carry out the State/F reform process?

Thank you, Senator Lugar, for your support.

I applaud the committee's leadership earlier this year in passing S. 384, The Global Food Security Act, authored by Senators Richard Lugar and Bob Casey.

Well, thank you very much.

I am outraged by the measurements of corn ethanol being done by EPA using extraneous events, and the House bill tried to meet that, and I appreciate that fact. But it is outrageous.

I share her sentiments, and I have confidence in the extraordinary development expertise housed at USAID.

Creating a strong development agency requires restoring responsibility for overall development policy strategy and authority to an empowered USAID.

I applaud Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the decision to undertake a Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review.

We face the prospect of manipulation of oil and natural gas supplies by producers seeking political leverage.

We face longer term prospects of declining global oil production.

the national security community is also in a very strong position to advocate for the value of preparedness.

the Department of Defense logged more than 10,000 flight hours and transported more than 24 million pounds of relief supplies.

the defense community will be critical.

The United States is confronted by a cluster of national security threats that arise from our economic and cultural reliance on fossil fuels.

If we respond appropriately, I believe we will enhance our security, not simply by averting the worst climate change impacts, but by spurring a new energy revolution.

We have a responsibility to lead in the fight against climate change.

As Senator Warner has suggested, let us say Copenhagen occurs and, as you suggested, the response of the Indians...

The United States has engaged in difficult diplomacy before, over things far more consequential, even, such as thermonuclear war.

The reason I ask is, not only is there a problem of a general public credibility, but it seems to me...

Climate change will force changes in how we operate our forces around the world.