you're going to be uniquely positioned to be a strong voice on behalf of these principles that have not just made our Nation great but have made the world safer and more prosperous.

The wide range of bilateral issues that confronts these embassies is as broad and complex as America's multifaceted relationship with the region itself.

It seems to me that the Ukraine is at a crossroads. It is backsliding on human rights.

The energy sector has great potential, but it seems to be largely a mess right now.

Freedom of the press is restricted. The 2010 local elections were largely a sham.

I was unavoidably detained for the rollcall vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 2038, the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge, STOCK, Act. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on the motion to…

In the worst financial crisis in generations, consumers were not protected from the tricks and traps, and Federal regulators were often more concerned about the interests of Wall Street than Main Street.

One of your mandates is to facilitate innovation through transparency, and one study suggests that half of the country, over a hundred million adults, cannot find $2,000 in an emergency if given 30 days to do so.

That is something that I think is welcome to a lot of the Members' ears here.

So is this an area the Bureau is going to be looking at?

By the same token, when you see a market that goes from the regulated process to the unregulated process, there is a reason----

As the nominee's home State Senator, I take my advise and consent role for judicial nominations extremely seriously.