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Our policy in Syria has been drifting, to say the least. And it really needs focus.

That is not what America stands for. We, our country, have been the leader globally in pursuing humanitarian needs.

If America is going to be active in dealing with the humanitarian needs, how do we do that with a budget that is already inadequate, cutting it by over one-third?

I have grave concern about the Trump policies as to how it is assisting and dealing with the crisis in Syria.

We all know that it has caused the largest humanitarian crisis on the planet since World War II.

Today marks the sixth anniversary--I use that word guardedly--to the start of the civil war in Syria.

But if you resolve it without him, he is not going away.

The Iranians could bring this thing to a screeching halt pretty quickly if they pulled the carpet out from under the Houthis.

The parallels here to Syria are really pretty striking.

The view is very pessimistic. I mean, I have not heard any of you talk about a quick resolution to this or even a path toward certainty in getting the thing resolved.

Do you believe that healthcare consumers ought to have choices in healthcare coverage options?

We have to think about serving our birth to 5's for more than 1 year.

We need to be subsidizing this care for our poor and near poor mothers.

I am asking you to support early childhood education, please.

I have told people that NIH is probably the best kept secret in Washington, DC.

NIH is very important to this committee and it is very important to Congress.

I don't see any reason why we ought not be able to accomplish that.

This may actually be the most important hearing this committee and maybe even Congress has because the impacts of what you are working on are something that, while unfortunately are not felt tomorrow like building a new road, or paving a…