I hope we can, whether working with the Finance Committee or whomever, look at this question of phantom interest.

We need--and I've expressed this to you privately, and I hope I can get your commitment here publicly--a strong advocate.

It's going to be a powerful statement to parts of the hemisphere that are going to be incredibly important.

It's either going to be the summit that we inherited from the previous administration or a summit that we fashion in our own view.

I look forward to supporting both of you.

More people are still languishing in Castro's jails today.

I'm delighted you're going to join me on that trip.

We are willing to open our hands and offer you a hand in friendship if you are willing to unlock your clenched fist.

The regime has become more oppressive.

If we are to have any meaning to never again being something of import, then we must do more than just simply stand by the sidelines.

This is a bittersweet hearing for me. My hermano, as we call each other, 'my brother,' is going to go serve the Nation, he's going to leave the Senate, where he has served with such distinction.