"The lack of democratic opportunity in Venezuela similarly drives that irregular migration."
"I hope that remains as the bill proceeds through Congress."
"We should be really focusing upon some of the bright spots and helping our neighbors that are doing well."
"The erosion of democracy and surge in political unrest leads to an increase in irregular migration flows."
"Despite being home to some of the world's most vibrant and active democracies, the hemisphere has also experienced by most metrics the sharpest decline in its democratic institutions of any region in ..."
"The Administration has proposed a $307 million increase in development assistance funding for the region."
"I have maintained since joining this committee when I came to the Senate in 2013 that we should pay more attention to the Americas, not less, and that if we did, it would have tremendous benefit not o..."
"we need to be pretty clear about we are going to be good to our friends and we are going to confront our adversaries"
"The Administration's position is trade deals are not good politics anymore."
"we will do a lot of filibustering till you get back"
"Those are the two preconditions that if all else is not working, we have to make sure that those things work because those will be the foundation upon which a political resolution will have to be buil..."