"Is there something that we can do to make the applied go from the basic to the applied and incentivize the private sector to invest money in the applied scientific approach to this issue?"
"Madam Chairman, thank you very much for your leadership in calling this hearing today and organizing it."
"the fact that there have been responsible cuts to various programs is something that will actually, I think, make our scientific community more effective rather than less effective."
"Let me just see if I can ask a yes or no question. Is Iran in compliance with the treaty? Just yes or no, down the line."
"We need leadership here. We can't wait for more than 99 percent certainty before we act."
"The people of Iran are not our enemies. It is the mullah regime."
"The American people do have responsibility toward their fellow human beings in cases of emergency and crisis."
"This has got to stop. And I don't think we should look at this just as the attack on these people, which is unacceptable, but we should look at it as an example of the behavior of the Burmese Governme..."
"I think that Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Eliot Engel, they have done a good job in making sure that this issue is high on our priority."
"I was a big supporter of Aung San Suu Kyi. We are expecting more from her than what is happening."
"And we have to let good people know all over the world, whatever their religion is, that we are on the side of ordinary people and their rights to live decent lives without being murdered and raped an..."