For most of my tenure in Congress, I have advocated for full employment.

unemployment is a significant factor in people losing faith in their government.

the House passed H.R. 1, an omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2011 that made huge reductions in global food security, climate technology funds, and MDBs, multilateral development banks.

high unemployment in our own country... could lead to significant number of American people waking up one day without faith or belief in their Government's capacity to solve the nation's problems?

Without the state of Israel, America would be far less safe.

It is important to note who is refusing to come to the negotiating table without preconditions. And that, unfortunately, are the Palestinians.

Israel is America's aircraft carrier, so to speak, our friendly partner aircraft carrier of democracy and freedom and strength to stop common enemies, like Iran.

I can't imagine why the United States would even participate in producing any Security Council product.

Isn't there a point when just for, frankly, our own credibility's sake we should walk away, have other alternatives, strengthen other alternatives--I mentioned one, the Community of Democracies--and not continue to pretend that the U.N. is…

Shouldn't the U.S. finally walk away from and stop paying, we continue to pay billions of dollars over the years to the U.N. that has an organization like this Human Rights Council, which obviously is a total farce.

We are talking about improving [the U.N.].

It would be wrong and it would be harmful to U.S. interests.

Did he or did he not favor the withholding of U.S. dues?

I think that is a great example of how we can take that source of income there and, as you said, leverage it in some pretty powerful ways and with partners who not only by themselves promote those efforts, but in conjunction with the…

I hope that you re-examine the cancellation of leases off of Virginia for oil and gas.

I think we need to do more there.

As an avid water fowl hunter and a member of the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, we all know how important those dollars are.

Our investment now is in our understanding, make sure that we are in the right places for the right reasons, doing the right things, with the ability to properly predict the outcomes.