John Kerry

The budget is a statement of priorities for the country and certainly for the President who puts it in.

This denial is unacceptable, and I strongly urge NMFS, NOAA, and the Department of Commerce to continue to work with the Massachusetts delegation and the Governor to provide direct economic aid to the fishing community.

I think I've rewritten Magnuson-Stevens two or three times in the course of being here, and we are still struggling.

We need better science for our fishing people to make the judgments that are being made.

Senator Stevens and I worked for a couple of years leading up to the rewrite of the Magnuson Act.

As Senator Kerry indicated, as we assess preliminary data from the 2010 fishing season and look forward to 2011.

I actually was chair, with my Ranking Member, Senator Stevens.

The ocean is a vital resource that we must protect for future generations.

I'm convinced that we could do that in the short-term without hurting either of the goals.

There's a lack of transparency and a lack of sharing of the data.

The economic challenges we face today blur the lines between domestic and foreign affairs.

Unless we are able, as a country, to pass trade agreements into law that we've committed to in the past, agreements that work for American companies and American workers, then we will be unable to make progress on things where we have even…

The United States has given up the continent of Africa. China comes in with concessional loans--forgiveness loans--with the understanding they're going to build our infrastructure.

I am very concerned that we are going to be there for a long, long time doing things.

I think the administration generally speaking has done a good job in communicating.

This is a political system that is dominated by the rich. They don't want to pay a penny in taxes.

They have made some decisions that we support and the Kerry-Lugar-Berman was intended to encourage.

The Egyptian Government right now, which is run by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, is very cautious about taking outside help of any sort except economic help.

It is clear that we are living through one of the most important transformations in the history of the modern world.

I believe that the global community cannot be on the sidelines while airplanes are allowed to bomb and strafe.

The people of Libya are not asking for foreign troops on the ground. They are committed to doing what is necessary.

Colonel Qaddafi must go. He has lost all legitimacy, and I think it's important to be clear that we can't be halfway committed to that goal.

Yes; it is. The most important factor in this is the change in South Korea's willingness to respond to North Korean provocations with force.

I believe that the worst-case military provocations that we witnessed in 2010 will not be repeated except in extraordinary circumstances.

President Obama has repeatedly declared his intention to break that pattern of behavior.