We need to remember, as we focus needed resources and attention on Yemen, that it shouldn't be seen as the new Afghanistan or the new Iraq.
I am also very concerned about the repressive nature of Yemen's Government.
Significant human rights problems persisted . . . and there were limitations on citizens' ability to change their government due to corrupti...
Other Members of Congress, including Senator Feingold, have regularly raised awareness of the threats emerging from Yemen.
I join all members of this Committee in my horror at what happened on Christmas Day on the Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
I cannot finish without telling you how concerned I am, as I am sure you know, about the new Inspector General report that came out this mor...
But what I would like to be able to have access to is the information about what happened when these countries were notified and what their ...
But we must also approach our task calmly and thoughtfully and not treat this as an opportunity to score political points.
A constitutional line-item veto... would have an impact on the number and cost of earmarks as well as duplicative and nonessential programs.
to give the President effective line-item veto authority to go after unauthorized, wasteful earmark spending.
Two months ago, Senators Leahy, Cardin, Franken, Kerry, and myself asked your respective Departments for recommendations on how to bring the...