Thank you very, very much. I just want to say, before I sit down, that this is truly a bipartisan effort. And I want to pay tribute to my good friend, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Shimkus) who has been working with me on this open fuel…

On May 24, 2011, President Obama issued a memorandum on Federal Fleet Performance that requires all new light duty vehicles in the Federal fleet to be alternate fuel vehicles, such as hybrid, electric, natural gas or biofuel, by December…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

If a regime doesn't permit political pluralism or fair and free elections or runs their country with terror, I'm opposed to the regime.

I take a back seat to no one when it comes to being critical of the Cuban regime.

Their oppressive role for the past half century is undeniable.

Cuba knows what it needs to do in order to get invites to future Summits of the Americas.

I thank the gentleman from Maryland and I rise in opposition to this bill. It should come as no surprise the Republicans in Congress do not take the budget deficit seriously. When they were in total control during 6 of the 8 Bush years…

I thank the gentleman from California, and I rise in strong support of this resolution. I want our colleagues to hear what's been going on here on the House floor. At a time when Congress has been derided as not being able to get its act…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. 542. None of the funds made…

On May 24, 2011, President Obama issued a memorandum on Federal fleet performance which requires all new light-duty vehicles in the Federal fleet to be alternate-fuel vehicles, such as hybrid, electric, natural gas, or biofuel, by December…

Well, once again, the Republican leadership has shown that it's more interested in playing political games than it is in getting things done. We're talking about student loans here. We should be putting our heads together and coming up…

I think the West needs to expand, just as we expanded NATO when the Soviet Union fell.

I have always been a long-standing friend and supporter of Georgia, and I am a long-standing supporter of Georgia becoming a member of NATO.

I think it is time for Kosovo's second-class status to end.

Turkey, which is a NATO member and sadly, in my opinion, has not acted like one for a long, long, time, or for the past few years at least, is blocking Israel because of a dispute with the flotilla incident.

I think that is important.

I personally think that we should increase by at least a few battalions our force presence in Kosovo at least through the end of the year.

This is an American citizen who does not by any stretch of the imagination deserve to be incarcerated.

I do agree with the chairman that we have to show countries that it is good to align with us, not with the Chavez' of the world, because we are reliable.

I think it is important that we let our friends know that there is an upside into being allies with the United States.

When individual senators can hold up qualified nonpolitical nominees like yourself due to one agenda or another, it just shows that the system is broken and the time to fix it is now.

We have all made the point that Cuba has not moved at all toward democracy and why it should not participate in another conference if it hasn't changed.

I question and say, well, what is Cuba's responsibility? We wanted to invite them, but what are they willing to do in order to get invited?

I must say that President Obama, Secretary Clinton and the rest of the U.S. team performed very well and represented our country with distinction.