They want their kids to go to school. Taliban don't believe in that.

I do not disagree with that. What I am interested in is, What can we do?

I think we have failed to address the rules that allow one person to hold up nominees indefinitely.

Sounds like the Senate.

I am delighted to be on the floor today, again, with my good friend from Ohio, Senator Portman, to discuss our energy efficiency bill, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, which is almost entirely now a part of the broad…

Making sure that the people are in place who can help lead that fight is absolutely critical.

Well, thank you. I could not agree more.

What kind of message does it send to Sweden that 265 days after the Ambassador was nominated... we still have not taken up confirmation of the Ambassador to Sweden?

It is always going to require savvy diplomacy on the part of the United States.

We need to do more to support EU during these challenging times, and to be very clear about how we stand with respect to Russia, and not send any mixed signals.

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I am delighted to be able to be here to join my colleague from Delaware to talk about what is happening with enforcement of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. If we want this to succeed, one of the things we need to do is to make sure…