Great. Thanks, Ms. Drake.

We do not have command and control of Bangladeshi regulations, culture of corruption, building codes, but we do have leverage.

In our opinion, one is too many. We are well beyond whatever anyone would need to see as evidence that the current system of the government's very feeble efforts and the voluntary compliance programs of the corporations simply are not…

I will save my private-sector questions for the next panel, but just one on the international organizations.

Bangladesh is a sovereign nation, and they have their own sets of rules.

So just in terms of the testimony, Mr. Chair, to summarize some testimony that occurred, I think when you were out of the room, there is a coincidence of timing here, the potential of a recommendation from USTR to the White House at the…

The industry will support what the U.S. Government does here.

Talk to me a little bit about the timing of that effort and when we might be expected to know something about it.

If the United States does not have a functioning National Labor Relations Board, that goes all the way down to the site, the small-factory level, and will prevent probably most organizing efforts from succeeding in the United States…

I will certainly recommend to the chair that we come back and follow up on both of those matters in short order.

Are North American and specifically American companies... do they balk at the notion of signing on to accords that encourage organization and association rights of workers in Bangladesh?

I think both of you acknowledge that there is a significant complexity.

And just since this is an industry internationally that I have no expertise in, even with the concerns that you laid out, a sizable number of the European manufacturers signed on to the Accord.

You and your colleagues must have had a sick feeling when the building collapsed and the news came across the wire, given the fact that you have raised this issue as a potential concern that many years ago.

It is a serious decision. It is a Presidential-level decision for the United States.

So the recommendation will be done by the end of June to the White House.

thanks for being with us today, and thanks for your willingness to serve.

I would urge you to embrace, I think, what has been a pretty strong consensus here, and I think throughout the country, on the maximum protection possible.