John Kerry

We must revisit, restructure, and reform the universal service system that today guarantees access only to traditional voice telephone service.

As you know, high-speed broadband is, in my judgment, not a luxury, but a necessity for participating in this 21st-century economy.

To ensure that we do not suffer again from a financial crisis, the global economy simply must be brought into better balance.

Recently, Senator Kerry and I sent a letter to the administration calling for the Korea-United States FTA to be sent to the Congress for a vote.

I think the United States, therefore, really has to engage the Chinese on these issues directly.

The United States could commit to a plan at a G20 meeting... to bring its primary budget deficit into balance within say 5 years.

At current growth rates, it will pass Japan later this year and reach the size of the U.S. economy by 2020 or sooner.

It is very important for the United States to work with our other trading partners in trying to influence China.

The United States-China economic relationship is the most important bilateral economic relationship in the world.

The United States can cooperate with China on this issue.

We will never abandon our values.

If the largest debtor nation and the largest creditor nation were to lead by example and commit to specific structural reforms...

China's decision to allow more flexibility in its currency is a welcome step.

We actually need to find meaningful actions between us that make a difference.

I think it was appropriate that he did that, and I think he made the right decision, to accept the resignation.

We need to work to enhance our strategic dialogue, to increase trust and reach new understandings.

I think we should work on forging a new transpacific partnership agreement.

I applaud the decisive, crisp, swift action that the President took in making the decision.

China is the third-largest and the fastest growing major economy in the world.

Let's work with you to reduce security controls on U.S. exports.

Today Senator Lugar and I introduce, by request, a resolution of approval of the proposed agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation between the United States and the Russian Federation, which the President transmitted to Congress on May…

The choice is Iran's: whether it will choose to comply with its obligations, or be further isolated from the international community.

The Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have found that capping carbon emissions would cost Iran up to $100 million a day in oil profits.

I do share Senator Risch's frustration, and I do think that we are on a short fuse.

Turkey played a very significant role, as Senator Kerry knows, in 2008 in facilitating an indirect exchange between Syria and Israel.