The governing structures of Libya must respond in the strongest way. They should publicly state their condemnation and commitment to restoring order.

Democracy is not an election, it is the understanding of the protection of the inherent dignity and rights of each person within the structures that bring about the just rule of law.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for convening this hearing today to focus on the U.S. policy toward Nigeria.

EPA has ignored evidence that has been provided regarding the method's lack of credibility.

My priorities for the region are threefold and intertwined. First, it is to prevent widescale conflict, protect Israel...

I think it is worth noting that your background and commitment to this region provides a deep reservoir of experience.

It doesn't function well, you are correct. But somehow it functions.

But I think the central question here is, what does a post-Assad regime governance structure look like?

The United States is not going to stand by idly and watch this kind of brutality. It is not who we are, and the times in which that has happened we go back and question ourselves.

Let me be clear. I didn't say the United States.

China has a choice: It can join the responsible community of nations to aid and do business with Africa in an ethical fashion or stand by its 'friendship' with despots and tyrants as countless more lives are lost across the continent.

To the United States, Africa is becoming a lost continent.

American companies are at a disadvantage because we are not going to play by those same rules.

Are there some trade practices or business constraints that we could re-examine that, again, would put us on a better competing field for African commerce?

the Chinese take the stuff and we beg them to help the people in Africa.

The Global Online Freedom Act seeks to integrate these foundational human rights principles into the complexities of our participation in the vast global technology marketplace.

Establishing the Office of the International Child Abductions within the State Department, I'm hopeful, may impart a focused and whole of government approach to returning abducted children to the United States.

What more important function can our Government undertake than to prevent the abduction of American children?