I think it is one area this committee may want to take a look at, Mr. Chairman, as we see the international organization...
Well, I thank you for your candor. I didn't particularly like the answers, but I appreciate your candor.
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.
Mr. Chairman, first of all, thank you very much for convening this hearing.
Everything we are hearing from Europe is that if Minsk II goes forward, then the sanctions are unlikely to continue.
At the end of day, political stability will drive economic stability, rather than the other way around.
I want to thank the panel. This is a fascinating and sobering topic.
It is not helped by the fact that people don't really understand this product.
There is a little bit of a moral hazard dimension here in that you can imagine people saying, well, I don't necessarily ...
the FBI needs a new facility.
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.
Where is the plan?
We actually have a plan to fund projected problems into the future.
When I was in the Navy, we had a saying that the Navy went from crisis to crisis unimpeded by plans.
I just hope Medicare beneficiaries realize what the--what your budget does to Medicare over the next few years.
I would just suggest that that is what the State Department thinks they ought to do, that is what you ought to do for th...
