John Kerry actually said...

"I hope our colleagues will stand with our allies and stand with common sense and ratify this treaty so we can get to the issue of tactical nuclear weapons."

"For me, this has been a remarkable experience, to be a part of this committee over the past three decades."

"I told someone the other day the only time I think in recent memory... we ever actually had a foreign assistance bill that got out of this committee on the floor and we passed was when Dick Lugar chai..."

"Today will mark my last hearing as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee."