I recently released a report on the promises of United States-Africa trade.

We are all committed to strong American leadership, and the need has never been greater.

And as you know, and the chairman gave us the opportunity to have a hearing in our subcommittee, Senator Isakson and I and others who joined in, and spent a lot of time trying to push the Department to get this right.

Thank you very much. I am sorry I was late today. We had one of those mornings where we were doing a lot of juggling, so.

I hope we can spend some time on this, because, when you have that small of a percentage of hospitals providing that level of training, I think we should go back to work on that.

I think that is a mistake. I do not agree with it.

I hope, as some of the benefits from medical homes play out for families, that that will have a positive impact on kids, especially children with chronic and complex medical conditions.

I do believe they play an important part in resolving the conflict in DRC.

It was brought to our attention earlier today, Mr. Dingell and other members had asked questions last November.

I ask you to get the answers to the committee questions from last November to us by the 19th of April.

I think this is what hamstrung the FDA up the last 10 years, and why in the words of one family who lost a loved one, they said they don't trust the FDA.

This outbreak is one of the worst public health disasters in our country's history. It is a terrible tragedy and an epic failure.

I'd like to point out that this morning on NPR they had a former President Obama official stating that very thing, that he feels we're abdicating and this his policy maker, abdicating the Middle East and much of the area.

What I worry about is we will hear this morning a continued litany of excuses, bureaucratic talk, and blame on outside organizations.

This outbreak is not 'complex' nor was it a surprise.

For the sake of the families of those who died, and those who are still sick, we will not stop in our effort to get answers and fix this problem.

The Antiquities Act is an important tool and I am glad that this Subcommittee is shining a light on the process of protecting Federal lands.

I really would like to know if there is a feeling here that engaging M23 in negotiations is critical to finally resolving the political issues and military issues of this region.