John Kerry

President Obama has spoken, importantly, of the need to reset United States-Russia relations, and we agree wholeheartedly.

No problem ranks higher on the to-do list in both Moscow and Washington.

Georgia has a right to its territorial integrity.

I think, in the coming year ahead, Mr. Putin's vaunted 'vertical of power' will be tested as never before.

We need to make clear to Russia that a new military venture against Georgia will not be tolerated.

Russia's neighbors have a right to choose their own destinies, and America and the world community will continue their support for sovereignty and for self-determination.

We need reciprocity from Russia. We need to stop Russian cooperation on Iran.

I believe that the $250 million in funds set aside in the Recovery Act for adoption of broadband should be a minimum and that actually, more than this amount should be spent to ensure that consumers can take advantage of this technology…

My time is up. I appreciate it. Thank you for the process and thanks for your testimony.

Whatever we put up there today is going to continue to do damage for the next 100 years.

The balance in judgment of public policy falls on the side of caution and precaution.

The science is telling us that's wrong, we have to try to stay at 350 parts per million.

Every single climate change model that predicted what is going to happen... is now being exceeded.

If we take the best offering of every country... we would still wind up at about 550 parts per million.

Over the last 8 years, the emissions have grown at a rate four times faster than they did in the 1990s.

Thus far, that multilateral process has not worked, in part I believe because there has not been solidarity among the P5+1.

We need to convince Iran that it would in fact be worse off were it to succeed in developing a nuclear weapons capability.

So we need to understand also and Iran needs to understand that the talks that we envision will not be a substitute for Iran's requirement to meet its international obligations.

We need to approach the Iranian nuclear issue through a strategic approach, rather than as a precondition to a broader dialog.

Iran's leaders need to understand that the full weight of the international community will bear down on them if Iran continues to defy the United Nations Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

An essential goal of our strategy should be to present Iran with a solid international front.

I am convinced we've got to be smart, restrained, thoughtful, skilled in our diplomacy, so that we have an opportunity to really pursue every avenue with the greatest potential for success.

America's principal interest is lasting stability in the Middle East and the gulf region.

I want to emphasize, as I'm confident that both of our witnesses will and I'm sure that my colleague Senator Lugar will, we are not seeking a confrontation, nor do I believe that there's some overt effort that we're stuck on with respect…

I have long said that, following consultation with our allies and partners, we have to engage directly with Iran.