John Kerry

I just wish to thank him. I have sat next to Senator Dodd for 25 years, and his counsel and his wisdom and his eloquence, which we just heard, are indispensable. He knows how I feel about him and about his leaving, but I wish to thank him…

To the best of my understanding, I think the Senator is correct. There are choices that can be exercised by those who are in the position to make those choices, and I think that choice has been made. We are where we are.

It doesn't necessarily have to happen that way. That is a choice, I guess, Senators can make. It is entirely possible to yield back time. This is an issue that is well known to every Senator. It has been worked on. It has been voted on…

It is the sense of the Senate: A paramount obligation of the United States Government is to provide for the defense of the American people, deployed members of the U.S. Armed Forces, and United States allies against nuclear attacks to the…

I completely understand and accept the Senator's desire to have this robust debate, and I welcome it. I agree that some of these issues are contentious and there are different points of view. This is exactly what we ought to be debating. I…

As the Senator knows, a legitimate certain amount of analysis has to be made by DOD in order to be able to submit to the Congress a plan that is realistic both in cost and judgment about what the size will be. Every single testimony, from…

What I want to ask the Senator is what he thinks is inadequate in the resolution of ratification. Declaration 13 makes it clear that the United States is committed to accomplishing the modernization and replacement of the strategic…

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Joint Chiefs, the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, and I assess that Russia will not be able to achieve militarily significant cheating or breakout under New START, due to both the New START…

I wish to make it as clear as possible, from all of the record to date, that the treaty's preamble, first of all, requires nothing legally whatsoever. There is no legal, binding effect of the preamble-- none whatsoever. Secondly, Secretary…

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.

I wish to express my gratitude to a group of Senators on the other side of the aisle--Senator Kyl, Senator McCain, Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Isakson, and Senator Corker, particularly--all of whom have been working in good faith and…

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

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

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 chaired the 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).

We fully support Chairman Kerry's efforts on this issue.

We applaud Chairman Kerry's continued leadership in taking on this critically important issue and believe that his draft legislation is a positive step in the right direction.

Clearly there is a need to level the playing field between Multi-Channel Video Programming Distributors (MVPDs) and broadcasters.

I won't disagree that the market hasn't provided increased competition, to a lot of people's surprise, but it is broad.

The government staying out of it certainly hasn't resolved the disputes nor relieved consumers of the problem that's come more and more to our attention.

You don't want to lay that out?

I just wanted the record to reflect the value transferred and the reality of this new negotiation.

Senator Kerry's proposed legislation would make this authority explicit.

Thank you for the leadership he has shown in this area.

We look forward to working with Senator Kerry and other members of this Committee on legislation to fix the problems with retransmission consent.