I want to commend you for stepping forward--and say yes, FASB gets their authority from the SEC, and you take responsibility for their decision to delegate that authority.

I am inspired by this work. I just want to bring to the attention of the subcommittee it is not just Qatar that takes a blind eye. It is also the U.S. Government.

just because you host a U.S. military base does not mean that the United States has to preserve your regime.

I do not remember General DeGaulle sending gold coins to French teachers in Normandy or Bordeaux.

I don't think that we should be allowing--paying money--give ransom to terrorist organizations.

Qatar doesn't just allow its citizens to give money to terrorist groups. Government money is going to Hamas and other terrorist groups.

In the future, those who say, 'Where's your strategy?' are really saying, 'Why can't you control the world at no cost?' And that is a silly question.

That implies that the United States is in control of events, that we own them, that the outcome is determined by what goes on here in Washington. That is a very dangerous viewpoint.

If it fails to protect Russian-speaking persons, Putin is gone.

If you are just going to tell us that the decision was made by Secretary Kerry, you are not qualified to psychoanalyze him.

I tend to believe what Reuters reports. Pretty accurate service. More accurate than most.

I would say he made them because he wants TPP to go forward and is willing to throw the Trafficking In Persons Report out the window.