I do not think anyone here can be proud of the United States' role in the greatest humanitarian disaster of our time and what we have done to enable that to happen.

With that, Mr. President, I yield the floor. I know the distinguished Senator from New York who sponsored this bill wishes to speak. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New York.

I am thrilled to be here. I thank the Senator for his leadership on this issue. I also thank Senator Enzi for the way he conducts committee business, as the Senator just mentioned. We are on a committee where basically the way it is set…

over the course of the last several days, I have met with the victims of 9/11 and, like many people in this body have, I don't think I have ever met a more gracious, genuine, sincere group of people. I know they have sought some way of…

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…

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

I think it would be wonderful to debate many of the things, at any time, that any Senator wishes to debate, but to use this as a proxy for something totally unrelated, to me, is a most unusual way of approaching the other issues that have…

I have respect for my friend from Kentucky. We have had numbers of conversations about this. I think he is aware that I am holding up, as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, subsidies going to Pakistan in their purchase of F-16s…

I rise to speak about the vote that is going to take place at 2:15 p.m., and I urge my colleagues to vote to table this motion. The motion itself would keep us from being able to follow through on a sale of arms to Saudi Arabia. It is my…

We have interdicted them several times. Mr. McCAIN. Is it true--would you estimate, given your knowledge of the issue, that if Saudi Arabia had not intervened in Yemen, it would now have become a client state and would have been taken over…

That is correct. Mr. McCAIN. Isn't it true that in all conflicts--one of the great tragedies of conflicts is that innocent civilians are slaughtered?

No question. Mr. McCAIN. It is true that weapons supplies from Iran have been intercepted?