It is indeed my honor to be here, and to congratulate the panel on its work and its selection of its first testifier.
I think today what is good for Federal Express is good for the country.
There could be nobody better in this country...to give the opening remarks on the 21st century than Fred Smith.
But it seems to me to be providing a disincentive for full-time employment.
I think Secretary Kerry also has acknowledged that that is our goal.
I do applaud you, as the chairman just did, on your movements in the food assistance areas.
I like the thrust that you have with ag. I like the thrust that you have with USAID Forward.
we have a major humanitarian and political crisis on our hands.
I think the movement toward self-sufficiency and dealing with people in their own countries is a great--
You know, the special investigator inspector that we had in Iraq talked about just recently that he does not see us as any more prepared to ...
I know we had a huge amount of problems in Iraq. We are going to have probably even greater problems once people get through looking at what...
One area that I think we are not doing a good job in leveraging is in trade.
I wrote an op-ed this morning that was about our role in Syria.
I also welcome the fact that your agency talked about most Caribbean and Latin American countries graduating from aid by the year 2030.
I have long supported establishing a national historic park to protect the Manhattan Project sites.
The Manhattan Project is one of the most significant events in American history.
The budget for FDA includes an unprecedented amount of funds from industry user fees.
I do not know why anybody would want to change something that is working so well.
