There is no better demonstration of this than the recently passed Kerry-Lugar bill.
We are essentially competing with Islamist groups for the loyalty of these people, and we are losing.
I think really a key to this is the legislation that we have discussed, the commitment of not just $1.5 billion per year...
There is a great opportunity for us to help relocate from the Swat Valley and other places where people have been displa...
The last issue I want to discuss is, if you will, the safeguarding of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal.
What has been the level of cooperation between U.S. agencies and their counterparts in the Pakistani Government to ensur...
what we need in Pakistan is not a Musharraf policy, we need a Pakistan policy.
And I am not sure that other countries to whom we provide aid or assistance are all that interested in allowing us, thro...
Vice President Joe Biden arriving in Baghdad today for an unannounced visit.
there would be no coal plants here in America
I believe that we must increase our Nation's investment in transportation.
I want to applaud the Administration's proposal for an 18-month extension of SAFETEA-LU.
I am very proud to be a co-sponsor with him of that legislation.
I think some increase in the Federal gasoline tax would be an important component of that investment.
I want us to work hard to get this right.
Thank you. Mr. Chairman, my time has expired. Will there be another round?
I really want to thank you for scheduling this hearing and for each of our witnesses for coming in and for testifying.
I think those are good to point out.