John Kerry

On Syria where we hear this notion that somehow there was a redline and then it was not enforced and somehow it is a sign of weakness. I beg to differ.

I take strong exception to Mr. Murphy's statement, we do not want to provoke.

Every country understands the danger that a nuclear-armed Iran would pose to our national security and to the security of our allies.

We have stated again and again that our preference and the preference of our friends and allies is de-escalation and a diplomatic solution.

But, obviously, it was not adequate, as we all have sadly learned, to the task of repelling what took place.

The impacts of climate change are growing enormously, not significantly, but just enormously at a pace where you know...

Millions of Afghan men and women went to the polls, and they voted for their next President. It is something that was unfathomable not so long ago.

Russia has a choice: to work with the international community to help build an independent Ukraine.

The Afghan people demonstrated their desire to shape their destiny of their own country.

If there is no military solution--and everybody at the Pentagon would tell you there is no military solution.

We will continue to enforce sanctions on Iran not affected by the Joint Plan of Action--not just over its nuclear activities but because of its support for terrorism and its gross human rights record.

Every country understands the danger a nuclear-armed Iran would pose to our national security and to the security of our allies.

This committee stands up for an active, internationalist American foreign policy that is in our interests.

U.S. presence and leadership does matter, and that is why our rebalance to the Asia-Pacific has been supported and welcomed by people throughout the region.

Russia's clear and unmistakable involvement in destabilizing and engaging in separatist activities in the east of Ukraine is more than deeply disturbing.

I have always felt--as the chairman knows, in my years as chairman of this committee, I thought one of the great anomalies of the United States Senate was that the Foreign Relations Committee, which has to authorize and create foreign…

I think it's safe to say that in the grand scheme of the federal budget, when it comes to the State Department and USAID, taxpayers are getting an extraordinary return on their investment.

Foreign policy is economic policy. Economic policy is foreign policy in today's world.

From day one, this administration has made it a foreign policy goal to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

The United States and our allies will not hesitate to use 21st century tools to hold Russia accountable for 19th century behavior.

I have yet to meet any leader anywhere in the world who argues to me that it is going to be easier next week or easier next month or easier next year or easier in the next 5 years to achieve a long sought after goal if the United States is…

It is clear that Russian special forces and agents have been the catalyst behind the chaos in the last 24 hours.

This committee has focused on the moral and security imperative that is Syria.

We can, and will continue to, stand with the Ukrainian people who, by right, will choose their own destiny.

TTIP, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership take 40 percent each of them, the world's economies.