I think cuts to the Coast Guard budget would be severe.

I would like to know what direction you are heading in, and what FDA is doing to make an investment in its reviewers?

What are you doing about recruiting and staff retaining?

These are hard issues.

We've heard a lot about this in Pennsylvania, so I appreciate your answers.

I would suggest to the administration to make sure that an answer is forthcoming, whether it comes from the Commerce Department or from whatever agency the answer would emanate.

I had teamed up with Senator DeMint to call for these sanctions.

Mr. Assad must step down from power.

What we have to say to President Assad can be summed up very briefly: step aside and allow your people to begin the peaceful, orderly transition from authoritarianism to democracy.

I think the fact that the Arab League has now made an attempt that he seems to be kind of thumbing his nose at--for lack of a better description--

The opposition's ability to come together, because of the Turkish facilitation, is a tremendous accomplishment.

It is incredibly courageous what these Syrian opposition figures--the protesters--are doing every day.

I do not know if any of our colleagues have more questions, but I just have one comment.

Our advice is to President Assad is that he leave now.

Turkey is providing some space for the opposition forces to meet to discuss, to try to lay out a vision.

It is as if, with the other subjects we have talked about--it is worth remembering where we were not very long ago and where we are today, which helps gives us the sense of inevitability that basically Bashar is finished.

Let me just say for the record before we go that the record will be kept open for 1 week for members of the committee.

Madam Speaker, on October 9, 2011, a good friend and long-time scouter, John Milton Kriner II, passed away at the age of 53. A life marked with accomplishment and overcoming barriers, John was born in 1958 with Down syndrome. Despite…