John F. Kerry: “concrete action must be taken now if we are to ever address the problem”

In an effort to try to make sure it doesn't, we put a provision in the amendment that authorizes the SBA to make the supplemental loans for Katrina victims that included oversight protections.

We need to get back to building this bipartisanship in foreign policy. It is critical.

And America stands with oppressed people on every continent--in Cuba and Burma and North Korea and Iran and Belarus and Zimbabwe.

Let me say, that there are many of us in the Congress--Democrats, Republicans, and Independents--who were very disappointed that the President turned his back on his campaign commitment to address the problem of CO2 emissions when he took…