Sounds like we set up another scenario of corruption there, to be frank.

This hearing is about aid, but trade is more effective.

I think he stated very clearly my sentiments about what needs to be done, a clean CR.

I cherish this Committee. I cherish being on it because it is one of--one corner of the Congress that is still functional.

the majority of these threats, when you look at these organizations and you look at the funding streams, the majority of them tie back to the Saudi peninsula in terms of funding.

The crisis at the Westgate Mall is deeply troubling and represents a serious security concern to East Africa.

This is something, Madam Chair, we are going to have to deal with at some point in time.

I would hope that our Government, after this horrible massacre in Kenya, decides to focus on some of the big guys who are really financing all of this mayhem around the world.

I do wear two hats, and I am concerned about the threat to the homeland with respect to these Americans.

As time passes, the value of this dead timber declines, until after a year or so it becomes unsalvageable.

What he didn't explain was that process takes a year or more, and by the time the normal environmental review of salvage operations has been completed, a year from now, what was once forestland will have already begun converting to…

Four hundred miles of roads are now in jeopardy. If nearby trees are not removed before winter, we can expect dead trees to begin toppling, risking lives and closing access.

We need to take immediate action.

Basically what we are doing is consigning what was once forestland to become brushland for the next several decades?

I would counsel my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, if you want timely salvage operations in Yosemite or anywhere else in the country--if that's really your goal--fund the Government.

If you want timely salvage operations in Yosemite or anywhere else in the country--if that's really your goal--fund the Government.

It is estimated that up to 1 billion board feet of fire-killed timber can still be salvaged out of the forests that have been devastated by the Yosemite Rim Fire, but it requires immediate action.

The situation is particularly urgent because of the early infestation of bark beetles, which have already been observed attacking the dead trees.