In 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell... was a KGB agent by the name of Vladimir Putin.
I have concerns at several levels. I think this is a very dubious proposition for taxpayers.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And Mr. Thae, we are impressed by your courage and we are privileged to have you here today.
Ex-Im Bank ends up picking winners and losers.
In 2014, the CBO reported... they expect Ex-Im to lose $2 billion for taxpayers over the next 10 years.
The Ex-Im Bank is little more than a fund for corporate welfare.
I think there is a problem with our criminal justice system. John McCain pointed out and many of us have pointed it out ...
But common sense would say, if you just-- not on the facts, and that's an answer that we as lawyers give--common sense, ...
Would you think that this approach that may be being proposed by the administration of quotas, meaning that judges have ...
It's just -- no, it's too soon. I mean, I agree, we should have a debate on immigration. But not right now.
I would encourage you to raise that number and the administration to raise that number.
So let's just be honest about it. This is not a popular -- It's not done what everybody thought.
I strongly agree that these anti-competitive practices should be aggressively deterred and punished.
I was actually at the border with my colleague, Congresswoman Lofgren, and we saw children who were fleeing persecution.
I hope that I will place on the record the concern that many of us have that we've not begun to look at the questions of...
And she should have said, that's not what he meant.
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The treatment of refugees under this administration has diminished. It has frankly deteriorated.
