John Kerry actually said...

"I want to thank Chairman Leahy and Ranking Member Graham for their leadership, as well as each member of the subcommittee for their commitment to America's leadership in the world."

"Believe me, I know that choosing to be on this committee doesn't win you many votes back home."

"Right now, we don't need a Democratic foreign policy or a Republican foreign policy."

"The United States, led in many ways by the Senate--you were a member there at the time--went through the careful and, I think, painstaking process of both diplomacy and tough sanctions."