John Kerry

The MassBroadband 123 proposal will build an open broadband backbone.

We have got to get this connected. We have got to get going here.

It is shocking that in this year 2010, after all of the promises of 2004 and beyond, we are still strikingly disconnected in the United States.

The FCC strategy, which I support, will combine the modernization of the Telephone Universal Service Fund.

JOHN F. KERRY, Massachusetts

It was in America's security, economic, and diplomatic interests to work aggressively to alleviate the problem of global poverty.

The most effective way to do so was through investing in the development of sustainable agriculture and food systems in the developing world.

The study concluded that nearly two-thirds of the people living on less than $1 a day live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for their livelihoods.

I want to thank Senator Lugar, who has been a passionate and committed advocate for a long time now, many decades really, for--on behalf of the world's hungry.

Last year, this committee passed the Global Food Security Act, sponsored by Senators Lugar and Casey and myself.

Taking on global food insecurity ultimately will significantly benefit our national security.

Unless we have a climate change bill, we're going to whistle past the graveyard

It is going to be important that we do our best to get this right.

It is important that we do the same thing here in Washington, D.C.

We had some unprecedented levels of spending that have occurred here.

We have an even greater responsibility than in the past to examine these budgets.

I want to express my support for the leadership of Senator Cantwell in introducing the Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act.

Public opinion counts in Japan, and the future of the alliance will depend on the degree to which Japanese voters accept military bases.

I believe the United States should have given Hatoyama more time to sort out these views.

The main point is that Futenma should not be the primary determinant of the United States-Japan relationship.

We definitely have a dog in the fight about there not being a fight

We never finished the job

It's that vision of being part of a stable, prosperous, democratic Europe that can motivate the kinds of change

I absolutely believe that the agency has that legal authority to reclassify the service in order to protect consumers and provide for universal access to affordable broadband.

I support the National Broadband Plan and consider it a national priority to get robust, open, and affordable broadband to every home.