Matt Salmon: “More than anything, I wanted this hearing to symbolize something far greater, and that is that Arizona, in particular…”

We need to be engaged. This is a very important part of the world where we cannot afford to retreat and withdraw.

The last thing we want to do is squander these opportunities today and end up in a kinetic war.

I wish for a speedy recovery for the Sri Lankan people and hope our newly invigorated development relationship that we're going to discuss today can help meet some of the challenges left in the wake of the storm.

Weakness invites military action in war, and I think that is what is happening now.