Sam Farr: “I want to have a colloquy between myself, the chairman, and the gentleman from Washington on an issue regarding costs…”

My goal for U.S. aid is to achieve a level of effectiveness that every time we provide aid to a region or country it is with the final aim of transitioning them from trade to aid, like we have done in South Korea.

Isn't that part of your role under your responsibility to know?

I rise once again because every year we face this amendment and it does get knocked out in conference. But I rise with concern that it keeps coming back, because I think it is based on a lot of misunderstanding, and it really can cause…

If you want stable democracy and you are a highly religious society, it simply won't work without religious freedom.