U.S. Senate

U.S. Senator Richard Lugar Speeches

• Keynote Speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington D.C., April 2010
• Speech at the Global Harvest Initiative Symposium, Washington D.C., March 2010
• Keynote Address at 2010 Anti-Hunger Policy Conference, Washington D.C., March 2010
• Keynote Address at the Society for International Development's Annual Dinner "Foreign Assistance and Development in a New Era", Washington D.C., January 2010

U.S. Senator John Kerry Speeches

• Keynote Speech at the World Bank "Building a Twenty-First Century Development Bank: New Challenges, New Priorities", Washington D.C., November 2009
• Keynote Address at The Council on Foreign Relations, "Climate Change and American Foreign Policy: Security Challenges, Diplomatic Opportunities", New York City, June 2009
• Speech at The Council on Foreign Relations, "Afghanistan: Defining the Possibilities", Washington D.C., October 2009

Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act of 2009 - S.1524
A bill to strengthen the capacity, transparency, and accountability of United States foreign assistance programs to effectively adapt and respond to new challenges of the 21st century, and for other purposes.  Introduced July 28, 2009. Passed committee on November 17, 2009. Sponsored by Senators John Kerry and Richard Lugar.

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• Summary from Kaiser Family Foundation
• Committees with Jurisdiction: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
• Chairman of Foreign Assistance Subcommittee Applauds Committee Approval of Foreign Assistance Reform Bill, Office of Senator Menendez, November 17, 2009
• Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act of 2009, Office of Senator Bob Corker, November 18, 2009  

The Global Food Security Act of 2009 - S. 384
A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security, to stimulate rural economies, to improve emergency response to food crises, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes. Introduced February 5, 2009; approved by Senate Foreign Relations Committee March 31, 2009.  Sponsored by Senators Richard Lugar and Bob Casey.

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• Committees with Jurisdiction: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
• Alleviating Global Hunger: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Leadership, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing, March 24, 2009 
• Official Statements:
  • Catherine Bertini and Dan Glickman, cochairs, Global Agricultural Development Initiative
  • David Beckmann, president, Bread for the World
  • Robert Paarlberg, Betty Freyhof Johnson Class of 1944 Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College
  • Edwin C. Price, associate vice chancellor and director, Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture
  • Gebisa Ejeta, distinguished professor of agronomy, Purdue University
• Global Food Insecurity: Perspectives from the Field, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Report, February 6, 2009
• Remarks on Legislation, Senator Richard Lugar at the launch of “Renewing American Leadership in the Fight Against Hunger and Poverty: The Chicago Initiative on Global Agricultural Development,” The Peterson Institute of International Economics, February 25, 2009

Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2009 - S.624
A bill to provide 100,000,000 people with first-time access to safe drinking water and sanitation on a sustainable basis by 2015 by improving the capacity of the United States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005. Introduced March 17, 2009. Sponsored by Senators Richard Durbin and Bob Corker. Cosponsors can be found here. 

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• Committees with Jurisdiction: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
• Senator Richard Durbin’s Remarks on the Legislation:
  • Keynote address at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ symposium, “Meeting the Challenge of Global Agricultural Development and Food Security: Renewing American Leadership,” April 7, 2000:  Text 
  • Remarks to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, “Renewing American Leadership on the Global Water Crisis,” United States Senate, March 17, 2009

Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009 - S.1707
A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to promote an enhanced strategic partnership with Pakistan and its people, and for other purposes. Introduced September 24, 2009. Signed by President and became Public Law 111-073 on October 15, 2009. Sponsored by Senators John Kerry and Richard Lugar.

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• Public Law 111-073
• Committees with Jurisdiction: Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Senate Resources
Afghanistan’s Narco War: Breaking the Link between Drug Traffickers and Insurgents, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, August 10, 2009
The Obama administration’s agricultural development strategy in Afghanistan is explained as a way to counter drug trafficking.