"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?"
"It is very disheartening that people want to still give them a free pass and say that we should just keep a blind eye."
"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."
"I supported the FTA with Colombia, and I believe that Colombia is a tremendous example of a country that works with us."
"I think in terms of our relationships with countries, all the countries to our south, none is more important than our relationship with Mexico."
"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."
"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."
"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 couldn't agree with you more, and you gave me the answer I wanted, so thank you very much."
"I am concerned about development without proper fiscal, political, and environmental safeguards."
"I take those responsibilities very seriously, and obviously, everything is a balance."