"Human Rights Watch says, 'These transparently political charges make it painfully clear that authorities have targeted the Baha'is not for any crime, but because of their religious beliefs.'"
"It has become pretty clear that the so-called moderate Rouhani is just another in a long list of Iranian thugs."
"Iran continues to be one of the world's leading abusers of fundamental human rights."
"The Iranian regime continues to persecute those of the Baha'i faith, charging, imprisoning, abusing, and murdering individuals on trumped up charges including alleged propaganda against the state."
"I'm very troubled with the administration's insistence that the deal made to free five Taliban leaders in exchange for Sergeant Bergdahl was the best deal we could get."
"Political unrest and unstable energy supplies in the Middle East and North Africa will have a serious impact global energy markets."
"What progress has been made in resolving the maritime disputes between Lebanon and Israel and the energy claims in the East Mediterranean."
"I am particularly interested in how the administration plans to improve Iraq's reliability in the production of oil, especially with some of the political instability going on there."
"Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax royalty, or other charge relating to public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over-the-..."
"Those who refuse to respect the public component of religious liberty and fail to accommodate religion in our generally applicable laws are putting many innocent people, as well as the religious freed..."
"Any discussion of religious liberty must also include a discussion of the threats, both government and nongovernmental, to members of minority religions."