I supported the FTA with Colombia, and I believe that Colombia is a tremendous example of a country that works with us.

It is very disheartening that people want to still give them a free pass and say that we should just keep a blind eye.

If we don't strengthen the OAS and if we start pulling back so that the United States does not have as much influence as it does on the OAS, we are going to find that the alternatives are far worse.

I think in terms of our relationships with countries, all the countries to our south, none is more important than our relationship with Mexico.

I couldn't agree with you more, and you gave me the answer I wanted, so thank you very much.

Do you believe that the majority of drug shortages in the controlled-substance category can be effectively prevented if the Attorney General addresses this request within the 30-day window?

I thank my friend for yielding to me. I rise in opposition to this budget and in opposition to the extreme Republican budget. Budgets are about priorities. And what are the priorities of my Republican friends? Protect the wealthiest in…

I believe very strongly that the United States can never be totally free in our foreign policy and such similar matters unless we wean ourselves off of oil that we get from unfriendly nations.

I am concerned about development without proper fiscal, political, and environmental safeguards.

I take those responsibilities very seriously, and obviously, everything is a balance.

I think you are doing a fine job and I think your agency is doing a fine job.

I believe if a car can run on ethanol, methanol, gasoline, natural gas, whatever, competition helps bring down prices.

I mean God bless them, but I don't think they need any help from the government anymore.

innocent civilians are again dying by the thousands in Syria and it is time that Congress act

It is such nonsense to try to point the finger politically at the President of the United States and say that there is rising gasoline prices because of him.

I applaud the administration, and urge us to move ahead with all speed.

Iran... they are the principle threat to peace and stability at this time, the leading supporter of terrorism around the world.

We want to make sure that our actions in this body, to the extent possible, provide incentives for democratic forces, not discourage them.

We have added a provision that would deny visas to executives, shareholders, and other senior officials of companies... that continue to arm the Assad regime.

I will be offering an amendment that will call for Bashar al-Assad and senior regime officials to be referred to an international tribunal.

No issue concerns me more deeply than that of the disposition of Syria's weapons of mass destruction.

I was glad to read in today's cable blog that the Obama administration is moving to provide direct assistance to the internal opposition in Syria for the first time.

We need to increase the pressure on the Assad regime and this bill does just that.

This bill will certainly help us accomplish the first by tightening the financial noose around Assad's neck.

I rise in strong support of the en bloc amendment and I would like to briefly discuss a few of the bills.