I worry about the continued--when the bill comes due----and Maduro is not in power anymore, what China will demand of the future governance of the country.

It is challenging when you want to have the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank promoting some critical core values in governance and rule of law opportunities as well as economic development.

I would hate for any of us to leave this hearing with the impression that somehow now or in the future, private businesses and corporations could take the place of U.S. foreign aid in development overseas.

I worry that there are some views that we can head in a direction in which we can dramatically reduce that foreign assistance and what flows from it.

I rise today to speak in opposition to the confirmation of Jay Clayton as Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Just 100 days into the Trump administration, the truth is becoming crystal clear to the American people: There…

As the architect of the Iran sanctions, I can tell you that that brought Iran to the table.

I mean, their interference has been almost purely ideological, driven by this phobia of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Well, sanctions in and of themselves always cause some consequence, not just to the intended party we are trying to get to observe the international order, but to those who levy them because there is a degree of sacrifice.

Now, has Iran violated the international order? I am not talking about the JCPOA. I am talking about its intercontinental ballistic missile testing, its pursuit of terrorism, actively its destabilization of the region, human rights…

We believe that when there is a flagrant violation of those principles, that should be sanctioned.

The transatlantic partnership is incredibly important to both the European Union and the United States.

Well, actually it is the case as it relates to Russia. You are far ahead of us in some very significant ways on Russia than the United States is on some of the more far-reaching sanctions that we have yet to employ.