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…

Various commissions over the past decades have affirmed an unfortunate reality: our foreign assistance programs largely lack strategic focus and are not accomplishing their intended objectives as well as they could.

The Act specifically calls for the promotion of conditions enabling developing countries to achieve self-sustaining economic growth as one of the five principal goals of U.S. foreign aid.

When Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, economic development was a core priority of our overall aid policy.

More optimistically, there is also a consensus that focusing on long-term economic growth and job creation contributes the most to sustainable development.

I felt like there was a better way for me to serve and that there are other people who are better suited to try to be a vice presidential candidate.

I think that they have made moves in a very positive direction. They're going to make a lot more moves in that direction and they are in and, you know, but I think they're gearing up.

Look, we've got a candidate who has been a business person all of their life, which brings a lot of strengths as people look to Washington to challenge its trajectory.

I am so glad to join the senior Senator from our State, who set such an example in the Senate in recognizing and honoring Pat Summitt. Basketball has lost a legend, and Tennessee has lost one of its own beloved daughters. There is perhaps…

the question is not so much what is the anti-corruption programming. It is how are the flagship efforts like Power Africa addressing the problem.

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…

Never has there been a more critical or opportune moment to discuss and recommit to the central tenets of the Washington Treaty--collective defense, crisis management, and cooperative security.