I hope we can continue to both monitor and push hard on that as best we can.

In light of the floods or because of the floods, was there any diminution in the productive capacity of that plant?

OK. Thank you.

I guess I have a couple of questions. One is, how do we measure results of all of those efforts?

It wasn't that the plant was adversely impacted?

In the absence of any legislative change in Pakistan, are there ways right now that the border security, border interdiction, could be beefed up on the Afghan side?

The strategic dialogue here in the United States... is critically important to continue that dialogue.

The one concern that we all have is that there must be a sense of urgency, and it has to be a sense of urgency within and throughout several countries, including our own.

Given the low level of usage for ammonium nitrate fertilizer in Pakistan's domestic agricultural use, the customs data indicates that import levels far exceed domestic usage and thus may have been legally transshipped onward to Afghanistan.

If you had a full ban in Afghanistan, what's your sense of the implications of that?

No one has done more to represent children.

We need to keep it up and we cannot forget that children are still in grave need of help.

I hope Congress is going to act before November 30 to continue the extended unemployment benefits that are a lifeline for such a huge number of people.

thank you for your invitation to testify today on the critical issue of impeding the flow of ammonium nitrate in South Asia.

Investing in children and people makes sound business sense and will produce substantial savings.

This is work that will live on well after your time here.

Thank you, Senator Dodd, for holding this hearing today.

A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter. The children of this country will always need, especially now, at a difficult time for our country, a faithful friend.