Well, if you would give us the length of time that the staff is there, that would be helpful for us to analyze, because ...
there are certain standards that we cannot deviate from, including corruption, the empowerment of women, equality issues...
It's a real challenge if you don't have land reform, it's a real challenge if they don't change their whole attitude tow...
I want to get to accountability for one moment.
most United States aid to Afghanistan is off budget, meaning it doesn't go through the Afghan Government.
I think that signals a time for another hearing and another day.
I think a college degree is the coin of the realm in our country.
I used to love hotlines, but now I wonder do hotlines really work? They work in the Violence Against Women Act.
So the question is what is it we require, and what is it we require at what level, and then who pays for it?
Unless we see some great change in the valuation... it would be very hard to move that wage level without some significa...
I think we can get real clarity on the safety issues with good ideas and local flexibility.
this is why I'm optimistic that this subcommittee will be able to produce a reauthorization of the Child Care and Develo...
Many of our children have significant physical challenges, now a growing emotional challenge, particularly with the high...
I think there is the sense that there should be, as Senator Burr has done in his bill, background checks on those people...
I think there has to be a reward system.
Well, the economy has changed, and this bill hasn't been reauthorized since 1996, and there's a new fiscal reality I thi...
I think there is a mood in this subcommittee for us to really try to form a bipartisan bill.
I think we have to find the balance between regulation and strangulation--regulation where we really insist on proper st...
