John Kerry

Thank you, Senator Shaheen, for your support of that

I believe this is without question the Tea Party downgrade.

The Simpson-Bowles commission did that. Why can't they?

If the Senator will yield, I appreciate what the Senator is saying. First of all, everybody understands the danger of the rating agencies right now. The problem is, we have to reach across the aisle and negotiate. We have to come to an…

I thank the Senator, and I appreciate it. I ask the Senator this: As ironic as it may be that on occasion people in the past have indeed voted against the debt limit--both Republicans and Democrats alike--is it not true that in those…

NSTIC was announced in April of this year at an event that I had the pleasure of joining Senator Mikulski with.

I apologize to my colleagues. I know this has been previously scheduled, and I know the importance of what the Senator from New York is talking about, and the majority leader, and I completely agree with their comments and would like to…

One thing I want to emphasize--and I didn't do it in my opening and I think it's really important--is that Senator Hutchison and myself, Senator Graham, Senator Warner do not envision or want or believe that there will be any encroachment…

The establishment of a national infrastructure bank is a means to develop innovative financing and to aid the delivery of infrastructure project improvements.

Advocating for this kind of financing does not mean wanting to sell off America's public infrastructure to private investors.

We need to get this done.

Every expert in the country will tell us that we have a $2.2 trillion infrastructure deficit in America.

Without those talks, without parallel political as well as security talks, the chances of ending the hostilities are, frankly, slim.

These abuses must end, there must be an investigation, and perpetrators held accountable.

Sudan was the first country to recognize the South as an independent state.

If atrocities are occurring, they must stop and there must be accountability.

It was a remarkable event.

It's the essence of good diplomacy, and I really congratulate you and thank you.

We have told Khartoum, as you have pointed out, Senator Kerry, that we are prepared to help, and we've laid out a roadmap to normalize our bilateral relations.

We can't have a political solution to Abyei while it's being occupied by one side militarily.

Sudan must not go down this road again.

Senator, we have been waiting for 56 years. We can wait a few more hours.

I think it shows what can happen when people stay focused and put their energy into things.

I get the sense that our disagreements with them are more about form than substance.

We are pleased that Senator Kerry and Senator McCain, both long-time advocates for strong consumer privacy protections, have introduced the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011.