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Would you suggest that is a starting point, though, actually engaging the public, creating this public outrage?

It is an imperative that every girl and every woman on this planet is empowered that same way.

I look at this issue as a doctor. But also the focus of this hearing is India, and I look at the issue as an Indian American, but the most important title I hold today is being the father of a daughter.

Coercion in any form is wrong and should be unacceptable, whether it is done at the population level or whether it is done at the individual level.

Control over your body, control over making the decisions that are most sacred to you, control over your reproductive freedom.

Any sex-selective practices are heinous, and how they are put out there, and certainly we should as an institution do what we can to minimize sex-selective practices across the world.

I applaud the President for including Congress in this debate.

my constituents and I still need to be convinced not that atrocities have occurred...but we need to know exactly what our goals are and our objectives.

almost unanimously, people don't want us to strike Syria. They are fatigued.

This is an epidemic that has to stop and again, it goes to our basic values as just human beings.

We certainly have to focus in on what is happening internationally, but we also have to look at the supply side of this as well.

Again, this is an incredibly important series of hearings and even one case of human trafficking is one case too many, but when you are talking about millions, this is an epidemic that requires all of our resources.

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Return on investment can't just be measured in dollars returned and dividends. Return on investment also is on relief of suffering, lives saved, and so forth.

I applaud you for championing that and having these hearings.

Will the Speaker inform us as to when we might consider legislation to address the needs of a generation of college students whose interest rates are about to reset in a few weeks and double--instead of this bill, which is a direct attack…

let's move past the debate of whether the climate is changing or not.

the vast majority of the public understands that the climate is changing.

It doesn't take a fiscal crisis--and it shouldn't take a fiscal crisis--for us to look at programs and evaluate programs to make them more efficient and meet goals.

the best part of this committee is it is pretty non-partisan. It is Democrats and Republicans working together to go toward a common goal.

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I am a very firm believer that, as economies develop, with that comes freedom and stability.

But that freedom and stability only comes if there is a concurrent respect for the rule of law and a respect for basic rights of citizens.

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