I think it is beneficial that she has served with the President's National Security Council and therefore inside the main building.

obviously I appreciate the comments of the distinguished ranking member. Our former chairman, Senator Menendez, is here; Senator Gardner, the two of them. We are way ahead in the Senate in many ways in addressing this issue prior to these…

I am concerned it is getting lost in the shuffle, and that is the concern about corruption and good governance.

I think Senator Capito is next to speak, but I do want to just mention that I appreciate the way that Senator Klobuchar has worked on the issue of the Ambassadors to Norway and Sweden, and I do think we are on the cusp in the next 24 hours…

I think Senator Capito is on her way down and is the next speaker. While we have a moment, I want to thank Senator Gardner in his presence. And on an issue that is important to not just our security but the world's security, I thank…

I want to take one moment to thank Senator Feinstein, who knows so much about the intelligence around this and has spent a great deal of her Senate career making sure she does, and she understands China probably as much as any Senator…

The Millennium Development Goals have been incredibly successful, saved millions of lives.

I know we have a little shift taking place, but I thank Senator Inhofe for his staunch national security support and certainly support of this legislation. I appreciate his comments, and I think we are going to have a successful day today…

while we are waiting on Senator Peters to be here, I wanted to go through some of the history relative to the North Korean program. I think sometimes there has been so much focus on other countries' programs--I know Senator Gardner alluded…

I think it is good that the Senator from Colorado brings up the fact that when we began putting these sanctions in place, there was a lot of push back because, in essence, for these things to work properly or make the biggest difference in…

I ask unanimous consent that all time be yielded back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I know we have a number of speakers who are interested in this legislation. I think they will be coming to the floor between now and vote time. I ask that the other Members who wish to speak on this legislation come to the floor so we can…

I start by thanking the leader for bringing to the floor today the bipartisan North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act. This legislation passed unanimously out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to address a critical…

I have introduced legislation, along with Senator Cornyn, so that we have a single-point person in order to deal with it.

it is a shame that the American people even believe there is a budget process that has something to do with fiscal discipline.

our budget process is the biggest hoax cast upon the American people and Congress that I have ever been a part of.

We should be ashamed--ashamed--that the way we deal with Americans' money--but let us go back.

The challenges that they are facing right now, and, in many ways, the problems that we have pale in comparison to the ones that they have.

Is paying for money you spend in 1 year over 10 a sane way of doing business?

I think the presidential race here, and some of the comments that have been made, have caused people in Europe to certainly focus, right now, on the presidential race that we have underway.

the fact is we spend money we do not have.

Without a stable Europe, that certainly affects U.S. foreign policy in big way.

Whoever is in charge just passes a budget with no real input from the other side.

for the Committee on Foreign Relations I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…

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