John Kerry

The United States must lead with a strong commitment to reduce our own emissions, in a nationwide program.

The eyes of the world are focused on the United States Congress and our domestic policy process.

The time has come for the United States to reclaim our rightful role as a diplomatic leader within the U.N. framework on climate change.

We will need to ensure that the agreement is truly global.

This country needs to understand that today the top 30 companies in the world, in solar, wind, and advanced batteries--of the top 30, only 6 are based in the United States.

We're going to spend the next few years probably trying to push China, and 5 years from now we're going to be chasing them.

Washington seems to get paralyzed when there's a tiny bit of moisture on the road. It's bizarre.

The strength of our domestic policy will be a critical factor to galvanizing the world to enter into a global agreement in Copenhagen.

Happy Earth Day to all, and I think it is an appropriate topic, obviously, for us to be grappling with today.

The Administration views the $8 billion provided under the Recovery Act as a down payment to jump-start the development of high speed rail.

Certainly one of the functions that I look forward to, if confirmed, is the opportunity to work on the commercial law development program to try to promote transparency in other countries and to promote transparency in market access.

I believe that more than $8 billion is necessary to create a high-speed rail system.

I think he brings a judgment and a facility with a range of issues, and that has been the nature of his career as a litigator, as a regulatory lawyer at leading law firms in both Boston and Washington, D.C.

I think he will put country ahead of politics, which is an important ingredient in all of this.

President Obama has promised to make climate change one of his top initiatives.

I am pleased to see the nominee's dedication... to returning EPA to its appropriate role of being an agency focused on using the best available science.

While I fully support the President's plan to withdraw our forces from Iraq, I believe we must sustain our commitment to the refugee and IDP situation affecting nearly 5 million of its citizens.

In September 2008, my distinguished colleague, Senator Ben Cardin, and I filed legislation--titled 'The Support for Vulnerable and Displaced Iraqis Act of 2008'--to mandate the development of a comprehensive U.S. strategy to address the…

Ratification now will signal to President Calderon and the Mexican people that this new Congress and this new President are committed to cooperating in the fight against organized crime and related violence in a very concrete way.

Once our neighbors see that we are prepared to join them in CIFTA, it makes clear that cooperation against illegal trafficking in firearms is not a favor to the U.S. or to any one country, but a common international commitment to the rule…

Greater cooperation is what is sorely needed, and is the bottom line of CIFTA.

Ratification will bring diplomatic benefits with genuine practical consequences.

As Senator Kerry has pointed out, there is a consensus among those involved with both diplomacy and with regard to security in the hemisphere that this is a very important time for the ratification of CIFTA.

We appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the Department of Justice's role in addressing the alarming rise of violence perpetrated by warring Mexican drug trafficking organizations in Mexico.

Kerry and his committee are key in U.S. foreign assistance legislation, including the Merida Initiative which will provide Mexico with $1.4 billion for its fight against the drug cartels.