John Kerry

The communications sector, as Senator Kerry mentioned, is a fifth of our economy.

I have worked in the past with then-Senator Obama to focus the attention of the FCC on this growing problem.

I think you are the right person to lead this Commission at a time of great economic uncertainty.

Broadband penetration of our Nation which slipped from something like 4th to 21st.

The tenure and stewardship, if you can call it that, of your predecessor really, I thought, was a bleak period.

Senator Kerry introduced S. 850, the Shark Conservation Act of 2009, which would expand and enhance this anti-shark-finning language.

But if he has a fundamentally new relationship with us, Japan and South Korea, that's a different story.

Above all, it means making clear to our allies that we will not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea and that we remain committed to our goal of complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

We should be willing to give it some of what it wants in return. That would reward good behavior.

Accusing a self-righteous North Korea of wrongdoing and trying to punish has been tried time and again by the last three administrations.

We need a new strategy, one that focuses sharply on the aim of reducing North Korea's leverage while adding to our own.

The North wants agreements with the United States that are 'election-proof.'

I think the Obama administration believes that it is time to begin talking seriously with the affected countries about a permanent replacement for the armistice of 1953.

We appeal to North Korean authorities on humanitarian grounds to release these two women and return them to their families.

Diplomatic outreach will remain possible if North Korea shows an interest in abiding by its international obligations.

We will not accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state.

The United States remains open to bilateral dialogue with North Korea in conjunction with a multilateral effort to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

We are committed to do what is necessary to protect the American people and to honor our commitments to our treaty allies.

I know I speak for every single member of this committee and for every American when we express how deeply concerned we are on a purely humanitarian basis.

I have said so for any number of years.

I personally believe that we can get back to the six-party talks, that we should get back to them, and I believe we will get back to them.

I completely and bluntly disagree with that, as I'm confident Ambassador Bosworth does.

We should not assume that North Korea sees the world the way we do.

America must lead efforts to stop the current negative cycle of action and reaction and begin the hard diplomatic work needed to deliver results.

I was pleased to see that last night in New York the Permanent Five Members of the U.N. Security Council agreed to speak with one voice and tell North Korea that its conduct is unacceptable.