John Kerry

Without his support within our committee for the committee structure that he helped put together, I do not think we would have developed the kind of consensus that we have been able to develop on these pieces of legislation that have…

On behalf of Senator Mitchell, I offered a second-degree amendment which reflects the current policy of the Clinton administration. It was my hope that the Senator and I would be able to get together on this amendment in order to permit…

I wanted the Record to reflect that this is an issue that we on the committee have been deeply concerned about. I have raised it personally with Thais authorities when I have been there. The Senator and I have talked about it. The recent…

I thank the Senator from Arizona. This is a very important amendment, on a very important subject. The Senator is absolutely correct that there is an ultimate moment of confrontation. Certainly, there is an ultimate moment of…

It is not really a question of how much genius it might or might not take. I can see 20 different solutions. I do not think that is the issue. The issue is, should the Senator from New York, having not availed himself of the opportunity…

I do not need any lessons from the Senator from New York about what is usual or unusual here, nor, really, a reinterpretation of the agreement. I am simply trying to protect the rights of all Senators to bring their legislation to the…

Let me say to my friend I have no--it really does not matter to me at what hour of the day the facts he wants to put forward are put forward. I am not afraid of the facts. I do not think anybody is. The issue here is how we can keep faith…

I simply want to enter into a dialog with my friend from New York to try to determine how we can accommodate the Senator from New York without a detrimental impact on those who might be shut out and where we are going here.

This amendment expresses the sense of Congress regarding the continued intransigence of North Korea in refusing to comply with the terms of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. For nearly a year, North Korea has refused to allow access to…

What needs to be underscored here is, first, this is a sense-of-the-Senate resolution. It does not mandate or bind us to anything. Second, I ask colleagues to measure what sense of the Senate it expresses. I read directly from the…

General Vessey not only received a battlefield commission and served for 46 years, but I think people ought to focus that this is a man who fought in Vietnam and in Laos. He is a commander. He lives by the rule that you do not leave people…

I believe you keep better faith with the families by guaranteeing we have a process in place that will allow us to get them answers than pushing us back into the dark ages of 1975 to 1988, when the families got no answers and lived in…

I just wanted to make a couple of quick comments. No. 1, probably it does not need to be said, but I will say it anyway, Senator John McCain, who was a naval aviator, combat veteran who spent more than 6 years of his life in Hanoi in the…

What needs to be underscored here is, first, this is a sense-of-the-Senate resolution. It does not mandate or bind us to anything. Second, I ask colleagues to measure what sense of the Senate it expresses. I read directly from the…