Political Quotes

“let me first start off by thanking the leadership of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chairman Corker and Ranking Member Cardin, for creating the environment to have strong bipartisan legislation on a critical issue that affects the national interests and security of the United States and beyond that, in general, creating a strong bipartisan environment that I think is critical to U.S. foreign policy. It is a tone I tried to set when I had the privilege of being the chairman and Senator Corker was the ranking member, and I appreciate his leadership in continuing in the same spirit, and, of course, Senator Cardin, who worked very hard on maintaining that environment. I appreciate that they created the wherewithal to bring us here today. I also thank Senator Gardner, the East Asia Subcommittee chairman, for working with me to bring legislation in which we can come together in a strong bipartisan voice because when the Nation speaks with one voice, it speaks most powerfully to both friends and foes across the world. It has been a privilege to work with Senator Gardner and to see his vision of how we deal with this and merge my vision of how we deal with it, and together I think we have come up with the most comprehensive strategic effort to deal with North Korea. I want to salute him, and I thank him for working with me. Given the North Korean regime's recent test of what most agree is a ballistic missile--what U.N.…”