I want to just join in recognizing your extraordinary leadership as the chair of this Committee.

I have been disappointed by the results on loans being made to small businesses.

Yes, we want to make sure workers are safe; yes, we want them to have the right to organize. But, without good governance, a lot of that is going to be somewhat meaningless.

the elections are critically important, democratic institutions are critically important, following through on their plans to deal with corruption are vitally important.

Yes, political will is needed to make these changes.

Our goal is to create a universal set of standards for workers' rights and safety and health beyond Bangladesh.

Simply put, workers are the best guarantors of their own safety, when given the right and the ability to organize.

Does the government take us seriously on GSP?

there is a great deal of focus right now on ensuring that the democratic institutions in Bangladesh do not slide back.

We cannot bring back those individuals who were killed, but hopefully we can put things in place.

This is a little bit more than that, and we would not have that many people having left.

There is no doubt that we need to conduct a thorough--and when I say thorough, I mean thorough--investigation to determine how Aaron Alexis was able to obtain and keep a security clearance given his troubling background.

Our work has the potential, and I do say the potential, to stand as an important part of this committee's legacy if we follow through on these efforts.

Well, but through its subsidiaries it has received over $2 billion from contracts from a dozen Federal agencies. That is pretty big to me, $2 billion. Would you agree that is pretty big for the Federal Government?

So OPM doesn't decide who gets the check; you just basically make sure that they get money, the company gets money and then they----

Altegrity is a big Federal contractor through its subsidiaries, and the American people have a right to know just what kind of people are managing those subsidiaries.

I think this is so very, very important.

If somebody in my block... steals a bike, they get a record for a lifetime.