We are absolutely clear that more needs to be done.

Terminating the application of Jackson-Vanik to Russia is, as I have suggested, critical for United States business and foreign policy interests.

Congressional calls for travel restrictions against officials responsible for his death have helped keep global attention focused on this case.

Secretary Clinton has characterized the December 4 elections as neither fair nor free, and I agree with her.

One thing I really want to see the administration do is to make an active effort to persuade the European Union to adopt similar measures.

It's important that we support the people of Russia in their pursuit of free, fair, and transparent elections.

We are committed to engaging with, strengthening and modernizing Russian civil society.

It is about jobs here in America and we can compete and we need to make sure we do everything we can to have a level playing field.

We do need to get predictable funding.

Explain to me how we can leverage that more effectively, particularly the green infrastructure, which is jobs that can't be exported overseas.

If we have more modern water infrastructure, we wouldn't have the leaks, we wouldn't have these problems to start off with.

I want to welcome you all to the Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife of the Environment and Public Works Committee.

I hope we would be able to follow up on that point, because I do think the cost effectiveness, particularly to governments of limited capacity, is an issue that we need to be very informed about.

Of course, the fact that it is under pressure is one of the reasons why we have so much leakage, which adds to the efficiency issues of our systems.

Let's work to ensure that the regulatory decisions that we make are based on sound science and that we achieve a balance with the community and environmental needs.

We are concerned as to whether the status of our water infrastructure in this country is one that will guarantee in the future that that in fact will be the case.

And of course, under the current financing, there is nowhere near that type of capacity to get those types of projects moving?

one of the keys to the success of the SRFs is the considerable flexibility that States have to decide how funds are used under the varying State-specific circumstances.