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Robert Menendez is a prominent Democratic politician currently serving as a member of the United States Senate, representing New Jersey. He was first elected to the Senate in 2006 and has since been re-elected multiple times. Menendez has played a significant role in various policy areas, including foreign relations, immigration reform, and healthcare. He has served on several Senate committees, including the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he has been an advocate for human rights and democracy abroad.
I am going to be honest here. This isn't really about Mr. Martinez, his experience, his views. It is just another thinly veiled attempt to block another of the President's nominees and to do so at a time in which China is eating our lunch…
I am rising to ask unanimous consent to consider the nomination of Leopoldo Martinez. This body should confirm him today to serve as Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank. From the world's highest per capita COVID…
section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…
section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…
section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…
Through the Presiding Officer, has my colleague not been offered a briefing by USAID to try to answer the rest of his questions? This is an extraordinary amount of information being offered for someone who is not even a member of the…
Well, my understanding is that there has been, Mr. President, an offer of a briefing made to the Senator. And, by the way, this has nothing to do with Dr. Muyangwa. She has nothing to do with any of this. She is nominated to be the…
I ask unanimous consent that Joshua Kretman, a detailee from the State Department to the Foreign Relations Committee, be granted floor privileges for the duration of the 117th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…
through the Chair, would my colleague say that--have you not been provided three rounds of documents that have been requested?
I rise in support of Marcia Bernicat to be the Director General of the foreign service at the U.S. Department of State. Our foreign service must have a leader that knows how to tackle the challenges of the 21st century. We need someone…
section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…
The facts are the facts. As we meet here on May 25, 2022, Iran is closer than ever to developing a nuclear weapon.
Worse, rather than compelling Iran to make concessions, the prior Administration's so-called maximum pressure campaign resulted in Iran's maximum nonnuclear provocations.
The simple fact is this. As a means of constraining Iran's nuclear program, the JCPOA was working. Leaving it has not.
In short, Iran has dragged out this process, driving up its demands and exerting its leverage, convincing the world that the United States wants the JCPOA more than the Iranian regime does.
Missiles that Iran points at U.S. troops in the region. Missiles that Iran points at our ally, the state of Israel, which Iranian leaders have said should be 'wiped off the face of the earth.'
Now clearly this reality is in part due to President Trump's decision to walk away from the JCPOA without a plan, a strategy, or any allies alongside.
The Iran of May 2022 is a much more dangerous threat and a far less interested party in negotiating than the Iran of 2015.
To get there, you need coercive diplomacy. You need diplomacy, as one of the senators said, but diplomacy needs to be backed up with leverage and we need to have a credible threat of military force.
That is why we will seek a return to the JCPOA as long as we assess that its nonproliferation benefits are worth the sanctions lifting we would provide.
The current JCPOA actually provides patient pathways to nuclear weapons as opposed to actually permanently cutting off those pathways.
In no circumstances should those who seek to do harm with such weapons have greater rights than the nation's children.
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