"I will be offering a substitute amendment that expresses our concerns about these issues but in what I consider a more balanced way."
"We need to speak about human rights."
"All of us want to see more progress in Turkey. This resolution shortchanges the progress that has been made."
"I am urging my colleagues to vote for an alternative that expresses our sense of Congress with respect to the need for Turkey to have a lot more progress on the return of Christian properties."
"Generally, when nets are that wide, what is going on is called a fishing expedition."
"I want to know what they are doing in their country to stymie this exodus, because this is a humanitarian crisis."
"It was very disappointing to me that only one Ambassador showed up, and I let him know that we were all very disappointed."
"What are reasonable milestones for measuring progress though?"
"But to have a situation like this and not have the decency to show up where 13 members who are their best supporters just makes it more difficult for us to assist them."
"Libya is a bit of a morality tale about how limited our reach can be."
"We have our own peccadillos and we can focus on those too."