Bob Menendez

We look forward to following up with you.

But if we had a $500-billion problem in any other context, we would not just accept education as the only vehicle for dealing with it.

I used to hold up weapons sales to some countries because I feared that in fact they did not have the wherewithal to do that.

If our goal is to bring other nations in the region in harmony...

I think this is a particularly important hearing because we should be riveted on what, if anything, the United States can do beyond what it is doing to assist the Libyan people in building a country that a mad dictator had systematically…

The United States supports the aspirations of the Libyan people for a united, inclusive, and responsive national government capable of overcoming the country's significant political challenges and divisions.

I continue to believe that transparency and disclosure to shareholders is of the utmost importance.

The people of Puerto Rico deserve to know whether illegal activity by advisers to Puerto Rico and its municipal entities controlled and contributed to the current debt crisis.

Extending the expiring investment tax credits

So that would be either a 'yes' or a 'no.' That would clear it up very concisely.

This is a moment for us to lead and make clear what needs to be done and that our role in this, because of the U.S. dollar and its role in the international financial system, we have a strong impact to make.

We need to deliver a clear message now that that network can and will be disrupted unless there is a clear move to a constitutional transition of power.

Unilateral sanctions are less effective if they are strictly unilateral.

The threat of sanctions is very important, but I am not sure... that exercising them unilaterally without agreement with our partners may not be the most effective way to go forward.

But, let me--I have 18 seconds. Why not--answer my core question--why not more visa denials, why not more Magnitsky listings, why not more refusal to U.S. banks...

The current Duma, itself a product of a fraudulent 2011 election, has rubber-stamped a slate of new laws targeting the electoral process.

As Russia's September 18th primary--parliamentary election draws closer, the Kremlin is preparing the groundwork for another victory of Putin's United Russia Party.

We need to be honest in this relationship in order to make sure that we are making the progress that we need.

I appreciate the optimism, but I am seeking to introduce a little dose of realism into it.

You have to question whether or not the continuation of this type of expenditure in this manner is the right policy.

If billions of dollars later what you see is a spike versus a trend in the other direction, then something is not working.

And thank you both for your service to our country.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling the hearing. It is an important one.

The war on drugs has not been a success. And I think the reason is we have not done enough on the demand side or on any side.

Alienating our Latin American neighbors and our Latinos here at home is the worst possible thing we can do.