I have 9 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

for the Committee on Foreign Relations I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…

today I rise in support of the confirmation of Ms. Christine O'Hearn to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. I was proud to recommend Ms. O'Hearn for this nomination. She has the qualifications, intellect, and the…

I think most people would agree that sanctions are a foreign policy tool, but this review is basically a Treasury-centric product.

I am disappointed that the United States, and for that fact the rest of the international community, does not seem to be holding China accountable for these violations.

Sanctions are only as good as they are enforced, like any other law.

Sanctions are one of the few peaceful tools of diplomacy.

I chair the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. We have jurisdiction over arms sales. All I want to know is who the hell you are selling it to, and you cannot tell me that?

I do not know when tweets became disqualifying for nominees.

the President, as a candidate, promised that he would return the jurisdiction of the export licensing of semiautomatic weapons from the Commerce Department back to the Department of State

I rise today to express my support for the nomination of Paloma Adams-Allen to be Deputy Administrator for Management and Resources for the United States Agency for International Development, USAID. Ms. Adams-Allen is a dedicated public…

The United States can encourage Benin to resume its traditional role as a positive influence and example in West Africa for democratic governance.