It's important in light of that. We need to make sure that our efforts in the region are not discordant.
We would not sit idly by and passively underwrite this pernicious form of human trafficking known as child conscription.
We know that these waivers must be rare and temporary and meaningfully intended to help stop this pernicious practice.
Children should not be forced to become soldiers.
I simply want to concur with what you said.
That is not work. That is not employment. That is a form of slavery.
We can't even imagine that this could happen in this country. It is inconceivable.
How can we sit by idly and not look at this in the face and not got our minds around this horror and not act?
But at least we haven't slipped into this barbaric practice of having families subjected to the strong arm of the government.
I disagreed with President Obama, his decision to surge in Afghanistan as I did with President Bush on the surge in Iraq.
Farm Service Agency loan programs ensure that new farmers have access to the credit they need to get started.
It is difficult to imagine an industry that is more reliant on credit and access to capital than farming and ranching.
We need to ensure that our farmers and ranchers have the tools they need to succeed.
These audits help Members of the Agriculture Committee gather data on farm programs so that we can evaluate each of them for effectiveness a...
It's difficult to imagine an industry more reliant on credit and access to capital than farming and ranching.
That perhaps is certainly an appropriate response for those areas that are under our direct influence, such as military assistance, direct m...
Thank you, Chairman Smith, for convening this very important hearing, and I think it is important to note that it is especially poignant tha...
The United States is constantly called upon to clean up messes throughout the world.
