Bob Corker
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Bob Corker is a former United States Senator from Tennessee, serving from January 4, 2007, to January 3, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Corker was known for his leadership as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he focused on issues related to foreign policy and fiscal responsibility. During his tenure, he played a significant role in shaping U.S. foreign relations and was involved in key legislative efforts regarding international agreements and budgetary matters.
Jan 20, 2016
In Argentina, Mauricio Macri swept aside a dozen years of Peronist rule by winning the presidency.
Jan 20, 2016
I think it is tremendously important that we look at this major investment of $750 million and do some oversight.
Jan 20, 2016
Several countries in the region are facing the most serious economic times that they have seen since 2008.
Jan 20, 2016
In Venezuela, as Senator Cardin noted, after a stunning victory in the polls where the opposition did indeed claim majority in the parliament for the first time in 17 years.
Jan 20, 2016
We are already seeing some of that in Brazil where President Rousseff faces growing opposition.
Jan 20, 2016
The decision by President Obama to normalize relations with Cuba dominated the headlines in the region in the recent Summit of the Americas meeting.
Dec 17, 2015
I also rise to applaud Congress for including important funding in the Omnibus appropriations bill that will help in our efforts to fight human trafficking and slavery around the world through the End Modern Slavery Initiative Act. I think…
Dec 17, 2015
as we continue consideration of the omnibus, I rise today to applaud the inclusion of language I coauthored with Senator Mark Warner that will ensure that the fate of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac--entities Congress…
Dec 15, 2015
What we hear in classified briefings about the direction and the signals and all of the things that are occurring in Afghanistan directly contradict some of the rosy public statements that are made about what is happening within the…
Dec 9, 2015
At the next meeting that IGAD holds with its international partners, I would like to see Vice President Joe Biden go and inject the same sense of urgency.
Dec 9, 2015
A decade after the United States helped regional leaders coax the warring sides of Sudan and now South Sudan to end the decades-long war that displaced and killed millions, the very same type of violence has returned to the region under…
Dec 9, 2015
I find it shocking that the Government of South Sudan has for a long time spoken against UNMISS, denigrated its work.
Dec 9, 2015
If these efforts fail, South Sudan will likely be plunged back into a full-scale civil war that surely would be--based on past experience--one of the world's deadliest.
Dec 8, 2015
Today's hearing will review the United Nations peacekeeping operations and explore opportunities for reform to make U.N. peacekeeping work better in U.S. national interests.
Dec 8, 2015
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…
Dec 8, 2015
the snapback of the sanctions regime is an incredibly important tool in our arsenal, and it is leverage.
Dec 7, 2015
I ask unanimous consent that following disposition of the McDonough nomination, the Senate proceed to the consideration of the following nominations: Calendar Nos. 373 and 374; that the Senate vote on the nominations en bloc without…
Dec 7, 2015
I rise today to support the confirmation of a fellow Chattanoogan, Travis R. McDonough, who has been nominated to serve as U.S. district court judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee. I have known Travis personally for many years, and…
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