But I am for AGOA. It is something that we ought to do, something we must do.

I encourage them to come back to the table and support the consensus that would bring so many development benefits to countries.

I appreciate the work you do. You are certainly an intelligent man, and I have no doubt that you will be able to accomplish whatever you decide to do.

I have to say I am extremely disappointed that India appears to be going back on the deal it agreed to in Bali.

I introduced the renewal of Trade Promotion Authority, which specifically authorized ongoing trade negotiations.

24 out of 39 countries eligible for AGOA benefits report utilization rates of 10 percent or less

So taking your hypothetical one step further then, it's analogous, you would say, to what--not just going to a doctor and being told, I'm prescribing you Lipitor and you may now purchase that from me, but going to a doctor and being told…

I get that. But is there a free rider problem and are profit margins diminishing?

I think that the profitability is probably going to be much less because I would think that, in my particular case, in my practice--and I am not speaking for the AOA--I can't buy a lens in the same volume that 1-800 can.

Dr. Knight, so you're saying that although prices may go up for some they may go down for others, but overall the objective here is to decrease the price paid by the typical contact lens consumer, and do you think that's what will happen?

Have you found that the profit margin for eyecare professionals in the context of selling contact lenses is diminishing?

I happen to believe, Mr. Chairman, that there is a proper place for asylum for those people who are truly in harm's way, whose life is in danger.

my preference is for the first path of cooperation, bipartisanship, and responsibility.

The Office of the Actuary highlights many reasons why demographics help to explain some of the changes over time in benefits and benefit growth in DI and on the retirement side of Social Security.

I was just quoting CBO, so I just wanted to see what you had to say.

Sure.

Senator Hatch hopes to focus on the disability issue to catalyze a broader discussion.

Who wants to hurt anybody on Social Security? I do not.