I have a real concerns about what is envisioned in the outer continental shelf, certainly along the East Coast shoreline.

the Federal Government failed to act on the warning signs about the home foreclosure crisis.

But my sense is that that is not going to meet the challenge before us, and I hope that we are thinking prospectively about what else we need to do or be ready to do.

I see this as the next looming crisis.

if a regime, whether that be in China, whether that be in any other country in the world, can ultimately deter the United States from its engagement of human rights activists and political dissidents, then that pillar of our diplomacy…

Yet, Madam Secretary, America's Ambassador to Turkey, Ambassador Jeffrey, very recently said in a newspaper interview that Turkey has 'security concerns on Cyprus.' Certainly, he can't be supporting this rationale for keeping Turkish…

I first spoke in favor of the nomination of Judge Joseph A. Greenaway for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit when I introduced him to the Judiciary Committee on September 10. This has been a long 5-month process, unnecessarily…

But I have to be honest with you. I was reading through the written testimonies and I get a sense that while we take--it is like a Texas two-step. We claim the veneer of saying that we understand and need reform. And then we have so many…

One of the fundamental failures in Haiti was that many of the policies we took here undermined Haitian agriculture for the long term.

I think you've given us a lot of food for thought here, and a lot of opportunities to think about how we work with the administration and move forward in a way that can ultimately enhance the lives of the people of Haiti, both now and in…

My suspicion is that the estimate of needs is going to be well over $10 billion.

President Preval has been complaining for 4 years that the United States has not responded in providing him help on interdicting drug trafficking.