earlier this year I chaired a Helsinki Commission hearing on the situation in Hungary. Today, I would like to revisit some of the issues addressed by our witnesses. Since the April 2010 elections, Hungary has undertaken the most dramatic…

I fully concur in that.

40 percent of the domestic production of corn goes to fuel, and the poultry industry is very dependent upon the corn stock.

I have serious concerns about our current program.

So, therefore, we need to change the statute if we want to protect food security in this country.

I think you have answered the question. Your focus, and I understand that, you have interpreted the code to give you authority to deal with the blend wall issues and the energy issues.

We think it is important to find ways to reduce the amount of corn ethanol that is blended into gasoline.

I do not understand why you did it for the advanced fuels.

I am a strong supporter of the Renewable Fuel Standards. It is important for energy security, for our environmental concerns.

If we were drafting a Renewable Fuels Standard bill today, I think we would be very cautious about using corn ethanol.

It had a really significant impact on a second point of agriculture.

I rise today in recognition of International Human Rights Day. Sixty-five years ago, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which serves as a foundation for human rights…

My view is that good policy is what we need to do and that the failure to enact good policy builds a pressure for more extreme results that could be damaging to our overall objective on the Renewable Fuel Standards.

The tax code is complicated. That is not the fault of the IRS. That is the fault of the Congress.

There have been several studies done by congressional agencies that have shown that by making more resources available to the IRS, we actually bring in more revenue to this country.

first, let me thank Senator Gillibrand for her leadership on this issue of sexual assault in our military. I support her amendment. I believe we need to look at a new way to deal with this issue so there is not only confidence within the…

we are now dealing with the NDAA bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, and it is our opportunity as a Senate to weigh in on one of the primary roles of government and that is the security of our country, how we can support our men…

I certainly support the thrust of his concern.

There seem to be more problems involving industries in our State.

I hope that you would share with me that Americans just do not save enough and we should be looking at ways to increase savings.

I appreciate in your statement your reference to the remedy laws and that the laws provide vital tools for U.S. companies that are faced with unfair trade practices.

I think the views coming from someone who has seen the application of these laws in a contested setting could help us make sure that Congress, which is responsible for the laws, passes laws that can be enforced.

We want market-based currencies, not manipulated currencies.

We are very proud that she is a Marylander, lives in our State, and is a person who has given so much in public service.

this year we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Holodomor, the genocidal Ukrainian Famine of 1932- 1933. Eighty years ago, an engineered famine in Soviet-dominated Ukraine and bordering ethnically-Ukrainian territory resulted in the…