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I don't understand why we are not working expeditiously to facilitate planes to Ukraine.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Putin need not collapse his entire economy nor does he need to sacrifice the lives of his own people in a futile attempt to rewrite the map of Europe.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We want to have people -- particularly in really hot spots, to deal with issues.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Maybe it's your presidential aspirations, I don't know, but you're turning to political purposes, you held over every nominee. Every nominee ! I've never seen that.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I will be seeking more information from the administration in the coming days regarding what specifically predicated these strikes, any imminent threats they believed they were acting against, and more details on the legal authority the administration relied upon.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
After 20 years of blood and national treasure, the question is still in my mind, how do we ultimately ensure the Taliban can not run over the Afghan government and potentially create it as a place for terrorist attacks to take place ? how do we preserve the rights of Afghan women in civil society that have been achieved ?
Found on CNN 3 years ago
If I thought that this was just a messaging bill that was going to go absolutely nowhere, then I wouldn’t have lent my name to it, having said that, yes, this will be tough.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
However, we will continue to carry out our duties as laid out in the Constitution, including providing advice and consent on nominees, asking tough questions on policy decisions, as well as actions taken at State Department, high level temper tantrums will not stop House Oversight Committee from conducting our oversight responsibilities.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We are at a critical juncture where we still have an opportunity to be responsible and pursue diplomatic channels, the American people are not interested in getting involved in yet another endless war in the Middle East with no clear goal or strategy.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
That's simply unacceptable, if this committee is to be able to function -- if Only Congress is to play Only Congress constitutionally-mandated role -- your department needs to do a better job of engaging with United States, briefing United States and responding to United States requests.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
You're still not in compliance with the law, nor has the administration provided a justification for its lack of respect for the law.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Nicolas Maduro must not be allowed to believe he can hide from this brazen decision to rob the Venezuelan people of their right to a free and fair election, beyond universal condemnation, the international community needs to expand coordinated diplomatic pressure on the Maduro regime, including addressing the rampant criminal activities of Venezuelan officials and the growing refugee crisis stemming from a failed economic model.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I think he is someone who will execute what the president wants even if he is in disagreement.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
The Cuban government is aware of the residences and address of all diplomats and employees, there’s no way our diplomats could have been targeted without some awareness or knowledge by some component of the Cuban intelligence services.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Twenty-four American diplomats suffered a direct attack to their health in Havana, they suffered everything from severe hearing loss to traumatic brain injuries, for which some are still receiving treatment.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
There have been attempts to punish me for what I’ve said about the administration’s policy on Iran and Cuba.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Whether it be this, or Cuba, my party doesn’t care for my [foreign policy] views, this is about the fervent belief it’s in the national interest and security of the United States to have more sanctions.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I have always been willing and able to find ways to work with both Democratic and Republican administrations for the betterment of our nation, that will continue to be the case with our next president.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It depends on which Donald Trump shows up, the Donald Trump who said earlier in his campaign that he thinks it was good to engage Cuba, or the Donald Trump toward the end of the campaign who said he’d consider rolling back much of what Obama did unless there’s advantage for the Cuban people.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I reject that proposition, as have most witnesses, including past and present Administration members involved in the Iran nuclear issue, who have testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, for all those who have said they have not heard -- from anyone who opposes the agreement -- a better solution, they're wrong. I believe there is a pathway to a better deal.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I believe we could still get a better deal and here's how: We can disapprove this agreement, without rejecting the entire agreement.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
For all those who have said they have not heard -- from anyone who opposes the agreement -- a better solution, they're wrong. I believe there is a pathway to a better deal.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It is not an issue of supporting or opposing the President. This issue is much greater and graver than that.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Whether or not the supporters of the agreement admit it, this deal is based on 'hope' -- hope that when the nuclear sunset clause expires, Iran will have succumbed to the benefits of commerce and global integration, hope is part of human nature, but unfortunately it is not a national security strategy.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Unlike President Obama's characterization of those who have raised serious questions about the agreement, or who have opposed it, I did not vote for the war in Iraq, I opposed it, unlike the Vice President and the Secretary of State, who both supported it, i know that, in many respects, it would be far easier to support this deal, as it would have been to vote for the war in Iraq at the time. But I didn't choose the easier path then, and I'm not going to now.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I have looked into my own soul and my devotion to principle may once again lead me to an unpopular course, but if Iran is to acquire a nuclear bomb, it will not have my name on it, it is for these reasons that I will vote to disapprove the agreement and, if called upon, would vote to override a veto.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You can be certain the mullahs (Iran's leaders) are not going to call us in Washington when they decide to breach the agreement. They're going to sneak out, covertly, gradually over time, when they think we're not looking.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It’s shocking. There is nothing that the Cubans have done to improve their standing, you have to earn your way up the ladder, not just have political expediency be the reason that you get moved from Tier 3.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It has to be more than 'All options are on the table,' nobody believes that today.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Should this bill pass and be signed into law, at least we will not reward nations with the worst record on reining-in human traffickers with the benefits of a fast-track to American markets.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
She ultimately rose within the factory to do what, in essence, was the manager's job. But she never got paid as the manager, and the other guys who were on the floor with her, they did.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I believe in Adlai Stevenson's admonition that 'When I get the heat at home, I see the light in Washington,' if daughters and wives spoke to their dads and husbands, that would be a great start.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's about remembering my mother. It's about the history of what this means, it's about my daughter being able to fulfill all of her capabilities with no limitations placed on her by our society or our government.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I am outraged that prosecutors at the Justice Department were tricked into starting this investigation three years ago with false allegations by those who have a political motive to silence me.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Now they have laid out their case, we will finally have an opportunity to respond on the record, in court, with the facts. As I said yesterday, these allegations are false, and I am confident they will be proven false and I look forward to doing so in court.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
At the end of the day, I will be vindicated and they will be exposed, this is not how my political career is going to end. I am angry and ready to fight. I am not going anywhere.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Democrats are not willing to ... give this or any other president an open-ended authorization for war, a blank check.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There is no reason to rush this to the floor unless you are worried about political points.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I can't imagine why the majority leader, would seek to short circuit the process unless the goals are political rather than substantive.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The value of his speech is that what many of us have been saying about the challenges of a deal with Iran and the nature of a deal with Iran, he had the Congress listening, that crystallized for people what I and others have been saying for some time.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's going to create a doubt in my mind, are they either telling us the entire truth, or are they just shunned out of the process by the white House?
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Will these 53 political prisoners be able to peacefully work in their country for freedom and human rights or will they be thrown into Castro's gulags once again?
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Whenever I pursued [ the subject ], either in individual conversation or in questions before the full committee, no one alluded that there were any conversations going on with the Castro regime, one would begin to wonder to what degree State Department was engaged in all this. Certainly, as someone who is going to continue to have a leadership role on the committee on Senate Foreign Relations, it's going to create a doubt in my mind when State Department witnesses come before the committee. Are State Department witnesses either telling us the entire truth, or are State Department witnesses just shunned out of the process by White House ? Either way, it's going to create some real concerns( over) the veracity of what we're hearing in testimony, as we move forward.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
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