James Jones

I am not an advocate for the term 'energy independence' because I think it is protectionist and isolationist.

Energy scarcity is a potent strategic weapon. The greater the gap between global supply and demand, the more destructive the weapons will become.

The Keystone pipeline will have a negligible impact on the environment.

The time to fix this badly outdated law is now.

TSCA must be updated and strengthened, so that EPA has the tools to do the job of protecting public health and the environment.

But when questions of sovereignty kick in and they feel like the terms are being dictated, what they're being asked to do is an affront to their national pride.

I think regrettably, both in terms of reporting and in terms of foreign policy, the United States has ignored Latin America all too often.

I don't believe that free trade agreements solve all the problems, and I must admit that many of us who have testified on behalf of NAFTA, et cetera, perhaps overstated the benefits to be projected.

I think it is indisputable that the free trade agreements the United States has made has been to the benefit both in the United States and our trading partners.

Colombia has made great strides in protecting the unions. There is no question.

The fact is that the Iraqi army is moving in a positive direction and is going to be able to take over more of the internal struggle inside -- inside of Iraq.