Jul 31, 2014
I would just like to say that, look, I do not know what happened. We had a committee meeting scheduled today. The Senator is right that I agreed not to object to this and also not to offer any amendments in committee, and if it came…
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.
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Jul 31, 2014
let me say one more time, I have no amendments to offer to this bill. I was in no way going to load down this bill with any amendments. I just asked that it go through a committee process. By the way, if amendments should not be added to a…
Jul 31, 2014
I want to say that everything the chairman has said is absolutely correct. Of course, the committee can meet with the consent of everyone willing to do so. I appreciate him and his willingness to do that. I will say one of the members--I…
Jul 31, 2014
reserving the right to object, I just want to say the partnership Senator Blunt and Senator Boxer have on this issue is one that I think is spectacular. I have talked to both of them ad nauseam about this issue. Senator Blunt and I have…
Jul 29, 2014
I thank the Senator from Delaware and the Senator from California for going ahead with this amendment. I thank Senator Carper for this leadership not just on this issue but other issues. I know we are working with other long-term issues…
Jul 29, 2014
to my colleagues, we are now on the Senate Finance Committee bill. There is one major flaw in this bill. It has $2.8 billion worth of pension smoothing. This amendment does away with that. What it means is it would be a better bill, but we…
Jul 28, 2014
unless it is really, really long we have done nothing, we have done nothing.
Jul 28, 2014
I want you to clearly state to me: Will you, or will you not, come to Congress before lifting...
Jul 28, 2014
Congress is relevant relative to raising concerns, not relevant relative to whether this is going to be approved by Congress or sanctions waived.
Jul 28, 2014
I hope you will agree to some format that gives Congress the ability to weigh in on this final deal.
Jul 28, 2014
They are shipping oil to Syria instead of sending them money. They are working against us in that regard, and you do not count that as an export. I just find that to be ludicrous.
Jul 28, 2014
I think that is pretty instructive as to when we say long-term verification and enforcement agreements, it is very different, the two paradigms here, between where Iran is at and where South Africa was at.
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