They have an impact in the sense that those who'd like to assume that 9/11 was a unique episode will now have to recognize that this is an ongoing project, ... We are a long ways from taking care of the problem and it will flare up in different places, in different forms and we'll have to use all the means at our disposal -- including preemption.

That's preposterous and beneath comment.

We will have arms sales coming up to Taiwan. We will be voting on my resolution that would deny the (2008) Olympics to Beijing. We will have trade issues coming up and the whole climate is undermined by this arrogant and inappropriate behavior.

This legislation will not add one single missile to Taiwan's defense capability and it will not take away one single missile from China's.

This conference was designed to deal with discrimination globally, ... Instead, it has focused on one country in a punitive fashion.

I am very pleased that these tapes were found and are being shown, ... Almost a year after the horror of New York, we must be reminded regularly that the terrorists are still around, getting ready with all the power at their command to train new cadres to perpetrate the most horrendous crimes- from suicide bombings to the use of chemical or bio weapons.

It is time for the United States to make it clear that no nation can continue to pretend that it is a friend of the United States while its missions in New York and Geneva continue to stab us in the back.

When the (Bush) administration called me asking for my support (for the nuclear deal with India), I gave it and continue to do so.

My plea to my Palestinian friends is just a simple plea, ... Don't do anything on May 4 because all hell will break loose and all your achievements will go down the drain.