Yes, people like to be asked.

That is great. Wonderful story, thank you.

All right, thank you. Again, just a brief comment if you have it, Mr. Pouncey. Long question. I am looking for a short answer.

I am interested in seeing what you agree with, and maybe a couple of areas where you don't.

The program provides Federal assistance for communities to clean up contaminated lands, to revitalize the areas and rededicate the land to productive centers of civic and economic activity.

I want to add one more warning. That`s a warning to the oil and gas industry executives. Do not -- let me repeat -- do not, do not use this as an excuse to raise gasoline prices or gouge the American people.

I told each one of them in my conversations separately, whatever they need -- I mean this sincerely -- whatever they need, contact me directly. And they know how to do that. I have a lot of personnel down there already. We`re here to…

Despite undertaking an obligation to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict peacefully through the OSCE Minsk Group, Azerbaijan launched an unprecedented war against the Armenian people last Fall.

The only time progress has ever been made in the Middle East is when the Arab nations have known that there is no daylight between us and Israel.

I directed my team to surge federal assistance there before the storm hit. FEMA has already deployed 700 personnel to Florida, and the governor has activated 5,000 state National Guard, with another 2,000 Guards coming from other states…

All Americans can be proud of President Joe Biden's April 24, 2021 statement reaffirming the U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide.

Members on both sides of the aisle have overwhelmingly rejected calls to dramatically cut international affairs programs.

The pandemic has severely impacted the global economy and jobs here at home, and is fueling global crises from conflict to hunger to migration.

provides at least $4.2 billion for Development Assistance, $5.2 billion for International Disaster Assistance, $4.1 billion for Migration and Refugee Assistance, and $1.2 billion for Feed the Future.

Today, Turkey and Azerbaijan are working to dismember and depopulate Armenia and Artsakh.

I ask that you support a strong and effective International Affairs Budget funded at $71.6 billion in FY22.

I ask that the Subcommittee seeks to fund programs within the State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs appropriations bill at no less than FY2021 levels.

First title in 26 years. But none of it came easy. People counting you out. Heck, I know something about being counted out. And -- I know in Georgia you show up when it counts.