I am honored to introduce to you today an exceptionally qualified nominee to serve as Special Envoy and take on global antisemitism head on no matter where it rears its ugly head.

no longer be in the unseemly position of providing taxpayer largesse--however small in the grand scheme of things

Inviting these three leaders, who have done nothing except destabilize the region and harm their own people, would be disastrous for a summit intended to promote democracy and prosperity in the hemisphere.

Reversing these policies was 'illogical' and that arguments for doing so demonstrated 'a domestic political issue completely devoid from a rational, objective analysis of what is in our national interest.'

I apologize for and deeply regret the poorly considered remarks on Cuban Americans and Jewish Americans I made 24 years ago.

I support the U.S. policy that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

I support and defend all Americans' right to politically organize and speak freely.

We have three now dictatorships in the Western Hemisphere where we only had one in Cuba.

The Cuban-American Foundation president and the founder, Jorge Mas Canosa, was a really strong Republican.

There is a troika of Nicaragua and Cuba and Venezuela.

We have witnessed backsliding in many countries and are deeply concerned about the systemic repression and lack of free and fair elections in Nicaragua and Venezuela.

I thought our alignment was an alignment of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.