sanctions will not stop their program ever. It is negotiations or other options that will do that.

for the Committee on Foreign Relations I report favorably the following nomination list which was printed in the Record on the date indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that this…

I rise today to speak about the highway bill. I understand there will be a cloture vote tomorrow and then potentially, if that is achieved, final passage the day after. I want to say again that I appreciate the efforts of so many in…

But there is a clear opportunity for them, though, to present and say, look, if this is of concern to you, it is not worth it to us to be identified in this way, it hurts our investors, so we will do away with this.

My guess is there is a pretty large group of folks that would like to see the process be improved.

I am here with our senior Senator Lamar Alexander to speak on something very tragic that occurred in our State and in my hometown. I rise to honor the lives of five American heroes--the five American heroes we honor today with the lowering…

But if you are not in the financial business, I would think that would be a pretty big clue that maybe they are not a threat to the financial system.

I wish to join our senior Senator in expressing our deep sorrow for those who have been affected and extending our thoughts and prayers to the families. Details are still emerging. We believe this took place in multiple locations, and I…

As Americans, we believe our government should secure and do--and not do harm to our rights.

Freedom House has emphatically endorsed Chairman Corker's End Modern Slavery Initiative Act (S. 553).

Senator Corker's bill on the Human Trafficking Fund and Senator Cardin's bill on targeted sanctions, are exactly the kinds of lean, targeted tools that we should use.

The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act is something that Freedom House has endorsed, strongly believes would be an important and effective tool by imposing visa bans and asset freezes on foreign officials responsible for…

the United States and the international community should be on the side of diplomacy applied to human rights as well as nuclear matters.

Freedom House has endorsed Chairman Corker's End Modern Slavery Initiative Act as exactly the kind of tool we should proceed with.

The United States decision to plow forward, full speed ahead, with a restoration of diplomatic relations with Cuba just as 100 peaceful activists were being detained sends troubling mixed messages.

Let us use the diplomacy to fight for reform.

this about the absence of rule of law.

Yes, I agree. Thank you.

I think it is important for Senators to voice the concerns they have in hopes that those concerns will improve the deal.

It is essential to properly verifying an agreement.

If we do not know what Iran is capable of, and we do not have complete access to any and all suspect sites, I do not see how we can reasonably claim to know what Iran is doing.

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…

I had an amendment a couple years ago to make sure that Ex-Im Bank was actually the lender of last resort.

I was fairly offended to realize that the Ex-Im Bank basically has taken on some of the Administration's policies without Congress being involved in any way.

We are involved in a race to the bottom with these export credit agencies.