What are we going to do with Russia because they have shown themselves, so they now think that military intervention, not only here, but in Syria, serves their aims.

I rise today, as I have in the past, in defense of the Cuban people, who long for the day when they are free of the iron fist of the Castro regime, a day when we can honestly say ``Cuba es libre'' and mean it. I rise with great concern…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sullivan). Without objection, it is so ordered. Cuba

We gave security assurances to the Ukraine in the Budapest memorandum. We wrote it down and told them, give up your nuclear weapons, and we will make sure that we protect your territorial integrity.

So you believe we gave them explicit assurances?

I get concerned when I read the President saying in an interview, I think it was with Tom Friedman, that Iran should be a regional power.

I found it a little amazing to see the Secretary of State next to Foreign Minister Lavrov.

The United States, in line with the position of the international community, supports the efforts of the CAR authorities to hold the first round of Presidential and legislative elections in October 2015 or as soon as possible.

I rise today to hopefully prick the conscience of the Senate to ask the Senate to honor the memory of James Zadroga and all of those first responders who on September 11 responded to a national tragedy. I come to the floor to achieve a…

So with the administration's announcement that they will move up to 85,000 total refugees

the answer has to be unequivocally yes. And until we stop the killing, we are not going to be able to be doing justice to the people on the ground or to the values that we all stand for.

But I also understand that at the core of the problem, as Ms. Lindborg says in her testimony, that the most generous contribution of the United States only scratches the surface.