The Saudis have pumped billions--billions of dollars in the last 30 years into promoting a Wahhabi concept of their faith.

So we are talking about people being held now that are in the hundreds?

This is--this is a Muslim population country but we actually have relatively light, let's put it, persecution.

If it becomes a radical Islamic situation... it will be a disaster for the things that we believe in the United States.

So there are 200 or 250 people you'd consider political prisoners and that is in Tajikistan?

We can't stress that too strongly. This is a rare moment. We've got to seize it.

Should we then have a U.S. ambassador in Uzbekistan if they have thousands of political prisoners?

I went to Belarus... I was very surprised when we landed and there was no ambassador in Belarus.

I don't believe that they--people of that area, at least the ones I've talked to, and I don't think it's rational that, unless you are yourself, someone who believes in this radical form of Islam that wants to relegate women to having to…

When you have--you're right, it's not just the Saudis--but you have had this major investment of billions of dollars in madrassas schools, for example, where they're teaching kids how that they're--how not to read and write and do…

Well, I would hope that we do not, which is unfortunate, many times when people are trying to come to grips with an authoritarian government that is involved with some type of repressive system, look, we have to make sure that we are not…

The subcommittee is now not adjourned--we now are in session.

I am just trying to get a sense about it.

the basic motive behind much of what's going on about CO2 is based on the theory that CO2 is a major factor in causing our planet to get hotter and hotter. I don't happen to agree with that.

So we don't have to really agree on whether or not global warming is caused by CO2 to be very interested in this whole concept of science research and expanding the use of CO2 in a positive way.

Well, but taxicab driver--finally, I got somebody to admit somebody's going to be hurt and going to have to change their life.

So let's go through that. Where are the new jobs going to be created? What new jobs will be created by the advances that you're advocating?

Yes, but if you were building robots that can think independently, who knows--you know, and they're helping us in the hospitals or wherever it is, what if Hal gets out of control?

What professions are going to be losing jobs? You're making me--I mean, everybody's afraid to say that. Come on, you know?

Our legal immigration, as I say, it is the best in the whole world.

It is a little disconcerting to hear our President be called weak and when he is trying to do something that no other President has tried to do.

I voted against WTO. I didn't think it would work.

When we were sold the bill of goods... we were told that more trade and more economic activity... would create a more peaceful world and democratize China.

I identify myself with the remarks of Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and her concerns about Nicaragua and Venezuela.

I consider that singling out our President today is very political.