At my direction, the Administration has continued to bring all available resources to bear to support our state and local partners.

I am confident that Mr. Greenberg will greatly serve the American people in his new role and I look forward to working with him in the months and years to come.

We're going to begin in Thailand because our alliances in the region are the cornerstone of our engagement there.

I'm very proud of you, New York.

I'm grateful to the Red Cross who has been so responsive not just here, but in disasters around the country.

We're reminded that we're bound together and we have to look out for each other.

I'm confident that we're going to be able to do it.

The best course of action would be for there to be a general de-escalation of the violence.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank our witnesses for being with us this morning.

I want to be very clear that we see this visit as building on the progress that the Burmese government has made.

We see this as an opportunity to dramatically increase U.S. exports, to increase U.S. leadership in the fastest growing part of the world.

We are going to make sure that we stay here as long as people need that immediate help.

That's what makes me confident that we're going to be able to rebuild.

Too many of our courtrooms stand empty.

When you travel around the country, you are inspired by the grit and resilience and hard work and decency of the American people.

I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) would vote ``nay.''

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Veterans' Affairs Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4114 and that the Senate proceed to its consideration. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements related to the bill be printed in the Record. The ACTING…