Bob Casey

I think that evidence-based, evidence-based research and the care that can come from that is going to be critically important.

I definitely believe those should be passed.

I am very pleased to see that the Department has listed about seven different companies who are engaged in activities related to the supply of refined petroleum products to Iran.

The question that Middle East peace... got, I think, more difficult in the last couple of weeks.

We are, of course, concerned about two basic areas. One is their nuclear capability and their determination to have a nuclear weapon in my judgment and I think in the judgment of others.

Thank you very much.

I just wanted to make sure that I put on the record that we will keep the record open for 10 days for members of the committee to submit statements for the record and for testimony.

There is an urgent need to act now to prepare to prevent the potential significant loss of life, social chaos and loss of confidence in the U.S. Government in the event of an attack.

In light of the recent capture of Osama Bin Laden, many have suggested that the United States needs to be even more vigilant about a possible terrorist attack.

I am honored to be working with you on a bipartisan reauthorization of the Pandemic All Hazards Preparedness Act.

Few issues are as central to the role of the Federal Government as protecting its citizens from a public health emergency.

It seems to me that it is perfectly reasonable to expect that Americans whose families were killed at the orders of Mr. Qadhafi should be able to derive from a new Libyan Government a commitment to democracy, human rights, and the rule of…

Given the additional information that would be available from a compliant Libyan partner, is the administration open to a new investigation into the Pan Am bombing?

With Mr. Qadhafi, we created conditions precedent. Right? He had to renounce terrorism. He had to get rid of his weapons. Those were conditions.

I hope you would get him to verify to you what he said to me.

This Senator and my colleagues, Senator Lautenberg, Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand, who have all shown interest on this, will be very concerned about what the State Department does in that regard.

The potential to expose that, I think, is very important.

I know that the Congress has more work to do, and the administration has more work to do.

We have over 428,000 fans, just on Facebook where they leave comments proactively and communicate with us.

Even though we didn't see people on the streets, month after month, and we didn't have a lot of coverage of it, that I've always believed that, once something stirs in someone's heart and they want to take action, just because they're not…

Government alone, and governments alone, cannot solve this problem or provide the kind of help that we need.

Members of the U.S. Congress, such as Senators Casey and Kirk to give two examples, have already started to 'adopt' Iranian political prisoners.

Human rights sanctions are a useful and effective way of targeting abusers and communicating international concerns to the Iranian people.

I want to move to sanctions.

It is a significant achievement that this action was taken.