"The legislation we put forward would provide a dedicated funding source to ensure many more children receive the benefits of home visitation."
"I agreed that they represented a good balance."
"I mean, I think the challenge for U.S. negotiators is that in many--for U.S. foreign investors in other jurisdictions, we want to obtain greater substantive rights for our investors than domestic inve..."
"Our goal, however, should not be to give foreigners more rights than Americans have."
"I do think that we have been assigned to have a look and see if it can be made better. We need to do that."
"On transparency, as the chairman of the U.S. chapter of Transparency International, I think it is very important..."
"I would like to thank you, Mr. McDermott, for your efforts leading to this legislation."
"the approach proposed in Congressman Larson's H.B. 1337 and Congressman McDermott's H.B. 1683."
"I think it is safe to say that we are embarking on waters that have been uncharted and that, indeed, this is a historic move on this Committee's part."
"We were very pleased to work with Representatives Doggett and Cooper on the Safe Markets Development Act, which reflects these concepts."
"I am concerned that we are moving in a situation here where we are not looking at both the costs and the consequences."