I want to know what you are doing to enhance the change in Vietnam and other countries on basic internationally recognized human rights protections.
Why are we interested in making this type of information available to a country that abuses the rights of its own citizens?
It would be my intention, when we consider a 123 agreement on Vietnam, to move a parallel resolution on human rights.
We do not always have hearings that are this--Senator Hatch, I know you are always respectful, but sometimes there is a little bit more disa...
Our greatest hope is that you reach a comprehensive agreement that prevents Iran from having a breakout capacity for a nuclear weapon.
We want a peaceful resolution of the territorial issues. We do not take sides on who is right, but we do take sides on it being handled in a...
This is a critically important position, the Ambassador to China.
There was strong resistance for us dealing with labor and environment within a trade agreement, Mr. Chairman, and we finally got that change...
Trade Promotion Authority is a reasonable request.
I will point out that we heard similar arguments when the United States took the leadership to use trade to bring down the Apartheid governm...
I think we have to be bolder than that.