Our Nation's expanded focus on AIDS, malaria, and other pandemic diseases over the past decade would simply not have occurred without Don's visionary leadership and moral courage.

Our endeavor to protect human rights, promote the rule of law, create economic prosperity and eradicate violent extremism is a thoroughly bipartisan one.

The most careful and effective oversight Congress conducts is through the annual appropriations process.

I have received that word, if I could reclaim my time, and I have been told that Mr. Hastings is an enthusiastic supporter of the notion of biennial budgeting.

So if we want to have lots of time to do oversight and lots of time to have accountability, then simply get out of doing the things the Constitution doesn't tell us to do.

I think that process-wise as well as getting to what we all share our concern about, the lack of fiscal responsibility that has emanated from this place, would be addressed.

Biennial budgeting would weaken Congress' power to shape national priorities by conducting effective oversight of the executive branch.

I have to say that I believe this is a flawed remedy, a remedy that might actually be worse than the disease.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over again, expecting a different result.

If this suggests that the proposal is not a partisan issue, it should warn us it definitely is an institutional issue.

I am more than willing to look at the idea of exploring something that again opponents of biennial budgeting have said is worth exploring.