"We never would have gotten the BCA, whether you think that was enough or not enough, in August of 2011, in my opinion, without the threat of defaulting on our debt."
"I am deeply concerned that the administration's foolish embrace of yet another round of negotiations will only embolden the Iranian regime."
"Hungry people are desperate people and desperation can sow the seeds of radicalism."
"Overcoming global hunger by addressing shortcomings in worldwide agricultural productivity and marketing should be one of the 'starting points' for U.S. foreign policy."
"It is not the lack of food in the country but the problems of poverty and distribution and income."
"Like Indiana this year in the drought."
"Have you been able to identify specific universities in some of your literature and which countries or with whom?"
"I think the panel has been terrific in trying to illustrate that we all start with the humanitarian idea of feeding the world."
"If we are really serious about yields and about a large change for the single woman farmer dealing with bad seed and bad fertilizer and bad transportation, this is why I asked the question."
"I noted in the Feed the Future publications a map of the 19 countries, which is very helpful in identifying precisely what we are talking about today."
"Senator Lugar. Let me switch for a moment to the research component of Feed the Future."
"I appreciate your mentioning Purdue because we have had strong ties there in that outreach. So you are most thoughtful."
"The balancing of trade in food by the international trading system is a major factor in hunger, and I am delighted you are working on it."
"In testimony we have had before this committee from the Gates Foundation, they emphasize, in addition to all we have talked about thus far, the whole problem of transportation; transportation both of ..."
"Senator Lugar. Are those negotiations or agreements a matter of public record?"
"a key component of the Feed the Future program is the partnerships that the United States has with each of the 19 focus countries."
"are now heavily involved in the global drug trade . . . Their participation in that effort presents them with myriad opportunities with which to build their terrorist and criminal capacity in the West..."
"Since 2010, the United States repeatedly stated at ASEAN forums and elsewhere that freedom of navigation and peaceful settlement of disputes in the South China Sea is a U.S. interest."
