You do not know when the next hot spot is going to break out in the world.

U.S. international broadcasting has played an important role in several of the most important geopolitical advances in the last half a century.

But I am throwing out a radical change here. I am saying not only bring the three grantees together. Why should there be a difference between the three grantees and the Voice of America?

I am for reform, as I said in my opening statement.

I wish to commemorate Veterans Day and to thank all those who have served our country for their extraordinary bravery and sacrifice. As many of my colleagues know, President Woodrow Wilson first established this holiday--originally known…

I haven't talked about the popularity of the Clean Water Act, but every poll has shown that the overwhelming majority of Americans support what EPA is doing in protecting our water supply. They are for this rule. They are for a…

in a few moments we will have an opportunity to vote on the Congressional Review Act, on the final rule under the Clean Water Act on waters of the United States. Yesterday, I thought we had a rather robust discussion and debate about this…

the U.S. role has huge potential, and we have not--we are not doing enough.

we will have a chance at 2:15 p.m., I believe, for 15 minutes to close the debate, and at 2:30 p.m. we are going to have a vote on a cloture motion. I urge my colleagues to vote against the cloture motion. I agree with my friend Senator…

I yield 3 minutes to a real champion of clean water in the United States, Senator Boxer.

this legislation does two things. First, it stops the final rule on the waters of the United States, and second, it weakens the underlying Clean Water Act, something I would hope none of us would want to do. I urge my colleagues to reject…

the United States presence was critically important, more so than the other competing powers, particularly Iran, Russia, and even Europe.

Political reform is still very much critically important to both of those countries.

Well, as I understand, there is a framework for an agreement. It has not been embraced by either side yet.

We have had a series of hearings focused on the Middle East. Obviously, it is an area of great importance to the United States.

we will support additional sanctions against people in both governments that are blocking the unity government.

an important part of our strategy in North Africa rests with our appropriation process

The one lesson I think we have learned here is, stability in that critically important country can only be reached if there is political reform that provides human rights for the people of Egypt.

let me make it clear what this legislation would do. It is true it would stop the final rule on the waters of the United States that has been issued, but it would also change the underlying criteria in the Clean Water Act. So it not only…

I see it as problematic, because if you keep declaring victory when you do not have victory, you create more problems than you solve.

In Libya, we have a civil war. It is not uncommon for that region to have civil wars. There is no military solution, here.

Everybody wants to work.

You and I were in the House of Representatives when we changed from AFDC to TANF, and one of the areas that we really tried to harp on was to deal with the basic structures of people being able not only to get a job, not only to be able to…

There has to be some accountability in the system.

I take this time as the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to bring to my colleagues' attention a very disturbing trend that is taking place on us carrying out our constitutional responsibilities. It is up to the…