These are countries that have serious corruption issues. They are not good governance countries.
The historic term 'resource curse' applies very clearly to these countries.
Everything we are hearing from Europe is that if Minsk II goes forward, then the sanctions are unlikely to continue.
Mr. Chairman, first of all, thank you very much for convening this hearing.
If Minsk II does not go forward because of the slow progress within Ukraine on reform, it is going to be difficult to ex...
At the end of day, political stability will drive economic stability, rather than the other way around.
I just really wanted to get your view on one point about Russia.
I want to thank the panel. This is a fascinating and sobering topic.
There is a little bit of a moral hazard dimension here in that you can imagine people saying, well, I don't necessarily ...
It is not helped by the fact that people don't really understand this product.
We have to deal with the problems that exist today before we look at how we are going to deal with multiemployer plans m...
Obviously, we need to do something about this.
the FBI needs a new facility.
What percent of the new--of the employees who are going to be subject to this are getting pay past 40 hours?
I think it may confuse some people because, in my mind, it is the total sugars that really makes the--I mean, you really...
I just want to associate myself with the concern that we have to address making sure that trade secrets are protected wh...
I really do feel that way. I think that this is too bad because as we embark on a new cancer initiative, we are about to...
I would hope you would wait to see what the DRI is.
