John Kerry actually said...

"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."

"Mr. Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to express my strong support for the nomination of Dr. Scott Doney to become Chief Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)."