the time for re-evaluation is long past.

The President has requested $825 million to implement positive train control...

Of all the low-wage workers, again these people earning up to $11.50 an hour, about a fifth of them are in families earning--with a total income less than the Federal poverty threshold.

We certainly hear a lot of commentary about most of these workers being minors.

I applaud the government--our government for its recent action to divert money away from the Ugandan Government and to NGOs.

it is particularly painful to see yet another Armenian community ethnically cleansed from its homes.

While all of Syria's people have suffered, its minority populations and especially Syrian Christians are most at risk.

If you could let us know what can be done to help provide for them?

I would much rather make that kind of investment than have to either have American boots on the ground or suffer the effect of total state failure and collapse.

What are we doing at the U.N. to try to get out ahead of this, to be proactive on this?

According to USAID figures, well more than 9 million people are now in need of humanitarian assistance in Syria due to the devastating civil war there.

Is there any kind of diplomatic avenue still open on Syria?

About 2 weeks ago, the town of Kassab, which is predominantly Armenian Christian, was attacked by al-Qaeda linked fighters.

Are we doing anything, though, to then mitigate that--what would be $18.5 trillion in debt instead of $17 trillion in debt for our long term?

So if we had simply doubled our level of stimulus spending, we wouldn't be where we are at?

Central banks that operate independently will deliver better results than those that are dominated by the government.

What has all this spending in QE2 and 3 and Twist and all the others really accomplished?

I hope you will let the State and localities know how important it is.