A Senate chairman cannot be dictatorial, ultimately, when a majority of the committee, a majority of the Senate, a majority of the American people, want action,

We’re going to need at least some idea, which we used to get daily when the war was going on, the hostilities in Iraq.

I hope if the Congress returns that we convince him to do his job — to be commander-in-chief — to win the war,

are almost twice as likely to lack health insurance as the general population.

I conveyed to the Libyan leader the very best wishes of our president and he likewise conveyed and would like to have the visit of the secretary Rice and the visit of our president and...

The president and Congress must be clear with the American people about the stakes involved and the difficulties yet to come.

[Other Republicans echoed Specter’s dismay.] I am disappointed that Gov. William Weld did not receive a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, … The advice and consent procedure provided by our Constitution strongly suggests...

This is a fundamental change and is a change probably in the tactics of our military, so that our people will be more mobile, more available at other places all over the earth.

Our committee hopes to provide a whole lot more so the debate might be enlightened, … Fox News Sunday.

There are no shortcuts to victory. We must commit ourselves to the slow, painstaking work of foreign policy day by day and year by year.

I do not believe that the judgments of members of the committee, even if there are additional facts or persons coming forward, are likely to change, … Fox News Sunday.

give the American people a realistic and clear assessment of our progress in Iraq, even when the indicators are sobering.

We really have to be in negotiations; we have to be talking, … I think the idea that we can handle one thing at a time is clearly not the case.

As we pursue these issues, we should recognize that most Americans are focused on an exit strategy in Iraq,

Even if withdrawal timelines are deemed unwise because they might provide a strategic advantage to the insurgency, the American people need to more fully understand the basis upon which our troops are likely to come...

There is no way.

None of this really seemed to explain our problem,

Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country.

The president has to be the president,

We all should have been advised. When the administration needs support, it needs members of Congress to have full information so they can be constructive partners.

That question is raised frequently by members of the House and Senate of the United States and probably by a number of American taxpayers who would hope that perhaps Russia would assume more and more...

Permanent instability or civil war in Iraq could set back American interests in the Middle East for a generation, increasing anti-Americanism, multiplying the threats from tyrants and terrorists and reducing our credibility.

We should recognize that most Americans are focused on an exit strategy in Iraq. Even if withdrawal timelines are deemed unwise because they might provide a strategic advantage to the insurgency, the American people need...

his nominee represent him at the United Nations.

It is now apparent that a concerted and forceful program of election-day fraud and abuse was enacted with either the leadership or cooperation of governmental authorities.

Congress has been polarized, is fractious, as the president and others have observed.

If you’re asking if the resolution should be dependent on the allies, I don’t think that is going to fly and my guess is this really has to be a commitment of what we’re going...

has been involved with some of the most important issues that would confront her.

It can be a dysfunctional government,

It has broken a logjam of misunderstanding, … This was an important breakthrough.

We must perfect a worldwide system of accountability for nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.

We have to understand the frustrations of the Iraqis and our own troops,

Being involved in cooperative reduction really implies expense on our part, which we had felt, in terms of the United States security, was money well spent, … And we think the momentum of the program...

By furthering the use of ethanol, farmers are presented with the opportunity to produce a cash crop by collecting their agricultural wastes.

another important step toward making Europe whole and free.

North Korea is very dangerous, and we cannot miscalculate, because the effects upon South Korea and the neighborhood are great,

Russians in the past had placed severe limitations on inspections at these storage sites, so this is a significant breakthrough,

These are huge changes that have not been comprehended by most of the U.S. public.

No one would have predicted in the 1980s that Americans and Russians would be working side-by-side on the ground in Russia destroying thousands of nuclear weapons systems, as well as biological and chemical weapons.

is simply incapable of doing that.

Despite elections and the experience of post-Soviet personal freedoms by the Russian people, the fate of democracy in Russia is perhaps more ambiguous now than at any time since the collapse of the Communist system.

If I could offer but one helpful hint to young Hoosiers hoping to better their odds for success in life, I would simply note the importance of thoughtful reading.

Although Congress and the president have agreed on the need to provide financial help to farmers, … the Clinton administration has not focused sufficient attention on the broader problems facing agriculture.

We’re serving the country this evening, as is our president.

It’s unfortunate. It illustrates a dysfunctional state where the left and right hand don’t know what either is doing and people are enforcing their whims of the day without deference to the world.

When the withdrawal occurs, sometimes the insurgents return, and this comes from the fact that we cannot leave forces behind. They are at a premium to find other places,

No one would have predicted in the 1980’s that Americans and Russians would be working side-by-side on the ground in Russia destroying thousands of nuclear weapons systems, as well as biological and chemical weapons.

It seems very clear to me that when the president returns home … we better be prepared for the military strike,

perhaps the greatest story in the world right now, largely because it is about the space of freedom [and] whether it’s going to expand or not.

necessary to ensure our representation at the United Nations.