I simply want to concur with what you said.

Children should not be forced to become soldiers.

We know that these waivers must be rare and temporary and meaningfully intended to help stop this pernicious practice.

We would not sit idly by and passively underwrite this pernicious form of human trafficking known as child conscription.

But at least we haven't slipped into this barbaric practice of having families subjected to the strong arm of the government.

We can't even imagine that this could happen in this country. It is inconceivable.

That is not work. That is not employment. That is a form of slavery.

How can we sit by idly and not look at this in the face and not got our minds around this horror and not act?

I disagreed with President Obama, his decision to surge in Afghanistan as I did with President Bush on the surge in Iraq.

Farm Service Agency loan programs ensure that new farmers have access to the credit they need to get started.

These audits help Members of the Agriculture Committee gather data on farm programs so that we can evaluate each of them for effectiveness and efficiency.

It's difficult to imagine an industry more reliant on credit and access to capital than farming and ranching.

We need to ensure that our farmers and ranchers have the tools they need to succeed.

It is difficult to imagine an industry that is more reliant on credit and access to capital than farming and ranching.

It is against the law in the United States to provide military assistance to countries who use child soldiers.

The intense human tragedy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to weigh heavily upon all of us.

While numerous signs of democratic progress have been seen in recent years, civil strife has reached an unfathomable high in some areas.

The United States is constantly called upon to clean up messes throughout the world.