We should follow up on that because, as Senator Graham also said, getting foreign aid bills passed is not the most popular thing back home.

Incidentally, we urged him to move as quickly as he could on that.

By fighting hunger and disease, we fight the despair that can fuel violent extremism and conflict.

Keep me posted on this, and please know that it is a priority and has been a priority for some time.

They all say with unity 'Please keep your embargo.'

I get frustrated when I see one more government that might become a theocracy. We have to watch it carefully.

I personally raised his case with President Raul Castro, the Foreign Minister, and the head of their National Assembly.

I want to commend President Obama for his decision to nominate Bill Kayatta for a seat on the first circuit.

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Will the Senator suspend?

I join my colleague, Senator Collins, in enthusiastically endorsing this nomination, and I urge the Committee to recommend confirmation of Bill Kayatta to this critical position on the Federal bench.

Because you represent all Americans, and we have a right to it.

I will carry my interest in this matter beyond this hearing.

Recommendations were made over a year ago, and we have not received them yet.

They need more physical security, if they really, truly want to protect their people.

the transparency that we are supposed to have in FOIA is a promise to everybody in this country because it impacts the lives of Americans all across the Nation.

Also, back in 2007, Senator Cornyn and I authored the Open Government Act to strengthen FOIA.

Of course, in the National Defense Act, we tried to put in a very, very narrow exemption.

Open government is not a Republican or a Democrat issue. It has to be a bipartisan issue.

the last thing we need is more secrecy disguised as a concern for security of critical infrastructure.

I worry that since September 11th there has been overuse of the secrecy stamp.

[a] popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.

Sunshine Week is a timely reminder that as the Congress considers how best to safeguard critical infrastructure information in cyberspace, we have to safeguard the American public's right to know about threats to their health and safety.

I look forward to working with Senator Dan Coats, our ranking member.

I am disappointed that the budget document doesn't reflect the priorities that you have.

Securing this Nation is not just a Federal Government responsibility.