this week, we commemorate the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. June 26, 2010, marks the 23rd anniversary of the day on which the Convention Against Torture--CAT--took effect. I am proud that the United…

I rise to congratulate the people of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for taking another step down the long road towards peace. Last week the Saville Inquiry, the result of a 10-year investigation into the 'Bloody Sunday' tragedy in…

Today, the Obama administration took another step toward ensuring equal treatment for all Americans by extending family leave to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-- LGBT--employees. Earlier this year, I praised President Obama for…

on June 7, the head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, CICIG, a U.N. supported body set up to investigate organized crime and clandestine groups in Guatemala, resigned. In a press conference, he highlighted…

When I look at online piracy, the criminal enterprises are stealing full-length feature movies made in the U.S., and then that money is being used to fund other criminal activity.

today I honor Andrea Rogers, the CEO and founding executive director of the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts. I have had the privilege to congratulate Andrea over the years on her many accomplishments within the arts community…

two years ago the United Nations' Human Rights Committee observed a problem that ``discourage[d] critical media reporting on matters of serious public interest, adversely affect[ed] the ability of scholars and journalists to publish their…

I think it is safe to say that if you need help from this Committee or any other Committee on that, you will get strong bipartisan help.

I should also add that every cent of that goes to the children's library in Montpelier, Vermont...

I believe in balanced copyright laws.

I would urge all our colleges and universities, during freshmen orientation, would not allow--they do not want to see their students going down to the local stores and stealing things off the shelf. It is also stealing if you take it off…

I expressed reservations about placing your position in the Office of Management and Budget.

We think we have some of the most innovative geniuses in the world here in the United States. We just want to protect what they do.

I applaud both the Republicans and Democrats on this Committee who have joined so well in that.

Will you work with us on legislation that we can enact to allow us to shut down these kinds of Websites that are being used by organized crime?

I think that is a good thing.

What I am trying to do is build support for even more and tougher legislation and enforcement by the Administration.

I want to honor Vermont's leading policymaker, Steve Kimbell, who announced his retirement on May 20 of this year. For over three decades, Mr. Kimbell has been a major presence within the political world of Vermont and is noted as the most…

Mr. President, this evening the Senate is being allowed to confirm a few more of the 26 judicial nominations that have been reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee over the past several months, but that continue to be stalled by the…

this Sunday, June 20, is World Refugee Day. On June 20, 2001, we recognized World Refugee Day for the first time, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. At the end of the last…

today I express my sincere congratulations and best wishes to Nina Thomas on her retirement as registrar at Vermont Law School. Since 1976, Nina has served that institution with dedication and a devotion to its students. As Ms. Thomas ends…

I have a great deal of confidence in them.

I did not support going into Iraq because I saw it as no threat to the United States.

I would like to pay tribute today to a man who has provided immeasurable leadership and dedication to the lives of young people and families around the State of Vermont, Tom Howard of East Montpelier. After 31 years as executive director…

Would you please elaborate on your vocal opposition to the Joint Strike Fighter alternate engine?