They have refused to discuss the budget.

So if they really thought that this was a problem, seems like you would want to be more armed by being in a classified setting where you could get real information.

If we want it to move forward then our leadership and others, including myself, had I known about it, would be doing this in a classified briefing.

I want to join in welcoming our witnesses and raise how important this is to those of us who have rural areas.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Leslie Witt Reichenbach, an important and respected member of the Chicago community. For nearly 40 years, she woke up generations of Chicago's WXRT listeners on weekend mornings. Leslie, often…

It does need more attention. It needs more research. It needs more focus, so we are pleased to see that.

I want to thank our witnesses for being here.

And I think we all as, you can hear, have a heart for what is going on in rural America.

I appreciate Representative Olson's good work on looking at this issue.

I commend you for it.

Mr. Speaker, each August, I look forward to an annual district bus tour, where I travel across all five counties of the Second Congressional District. During this time, I meet with constituents and hear their opinions about issues…

So the more nuclear weapons they produce, the more money we have to give them?

There comes a point where it becomes real when they say it is just for politics.

If we could have a brief response. Mr. Grenier, we will start with you.

We are going to probably vote a continuing resolution that will just continue current policy.

The Haqqani Network, as you point out, has had too much freedom in that country.

This is very challenging, the relationship with Pakistan. It is one of our strategic partners in our counterterrorism in a very dangerous part of the world.

The drone strikes are very important. Do not get me wrong. And my question is how helpful have the Pakistanis been in regards to that.