"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 daughte..."
"I was just going to say, just to make sure I am hearing this correctly."
"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 believe that in order to empower women, and in order for women to be able to exercise the choices that they need to make about their lives and who they are, that the right to abortion has to be part..."
"Would you suggest that is a starting point, though, actually engaging the public, creating this public outrage?"
"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."
"I applaud the President for including Congress in this debate."
"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."
"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..."