Kelly Ayotte

One of the first challenges that we face, and I think one of the greatest national security threats that we face, is the march of Iran toward obtaining a nuclear weapon.

I find myself on this nomination in a very different place.

I think all of us deeply respect Senator Hagel's service to his country in Vietnam and his service in this body.

I think there's a huge distinction when we're dealing with a regime that is the largest state sponsor of terrorism.

I was disappointed by the president's initial proposal.

There is 17 minutes remaining in opposition? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Yes.

May I ask how much time remains on our side and on the other side? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 17 minutes remaining.

I ask this body to agree to this amendment and not bring these terrorists here to the United States of America. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Who yields time? The Senator from California.

He is just one of the individuals who, if we do not have this prohibition, may be transferred to the United States of America. Those are just three of the individuals who are present at Guantanamo Bay who could be coming to a neighborhood…

I am more troubled now after your hour-long meeting with Ambassador Rice and acting CIA Director Mike Morell.

I will certainly hold the nomination until we get a full and complete picture of what happened here.

Well, certainly she misled the American public.

I think it's really troubling because it left a misimpression to the American people.

I have deep concerns but when you and I have talked about this before, I'll certainly hold the nomination until we get a full and complete picture of what happened here.

The big concern that I have is there was an impression left and I certainly went into the meeting with this impression that the unclassified talking points, that is what she relied upon, and certainly that's in part what she said on each…

His own reelection ahead of the interests of working Americans and our national security

Yes, we did. In fact, I was at the same major defense employer in my State on Monday the same employer we went to--BAE. Mr. McCAIN. What do they say?

But one concern I have about this whole thing is that in a state like mine, like New Hampshire, where we don't have a sales tax...

But let's just agree with me that your small business doesn't have the team of IT or accountants. Correct?

So this is not really comparable to compare Amazon in terms of how you could treat those costs versus the burden on a small business.

Congress should not enact any legislation that would grant State governments the authority to impose any new burdensome or unfair tax collecting requirements on small online businesses and entrepreneurs, which would ultimately hurt the…

Why would we enact legislation that would increase the cost of online commerce and also will cost consumers more?

I urge you to fight to protect New Hampshire's ability to protect their businesses from out of state tax authorities.

I don't believe it is fair to New Hampshire businesses that another state has the authority to turn us into their personal tax collector.

I fear the proposal may erode existing protections on state sovereignty.