Just to thank our witnesses for your being here today and for your service to our Nation. Thank you.

I ask that my colleagues join in this collaboration because I know how deeply you and I feel, how we share that common goal, not just in our committee. I ask that we work to incorporate the measure I have introduced today, S. 1856, with…

I ask that my colleagues join in this collaboration because I know how deeply you and I feel, how we share that common goal, not just in our committee. I ask that we work to incorporate the measure I have introduced today, S. 1856, with…

going back to my colleagues who have appeared to talk about issues of accountability for the Department of Veterans Affairs, I want to say how grateful I am for the spirit of collaboration that prevailed yesterday in our meeting. Very…

as I watch this great deliberative body move toward a transportation bill, I sometimes feel as though I am watching an impending train wreck or a car crash because on the issue of safety this bill reflects a tragic, unfortunate…

I join my extraordinarily dedicated and distinguished colleague from Washington State in expressing my regret that this bill will not be on our agenda today, and I thank her for championing a cause that matters so vitally to our military…

Will U.S. Soccer take the position that he should be, in effect, excluded from FIFA?

sometimes inaction and silence signal complicity.

Did you have suspicions?

And they can have an impact, can they not, simply by virtue of their power of the purse and dollars and investment?

But whether it is private life and morality or in this instance public corruption, it should be addressed.

FIFA has engaged in this willful and prolonged, disgracefully corrupt conduct.

We cannot, should not, must not turn a blind eye to this issue any longer, especially when human lives are at stake.

Maybe I should amend my question to say they certainly would be enablers now if they continue to be sponsors without insisting on reforms.

Mr. Gulati is on FIFA's Executive Committee. Mr. Flynn, do you agree that he should disclose his earnings?

Would you say that that kind of voluntary system is sufficient to bring some higher degree of integrity to a corrupt system?

What I am hoping this committee will do and what our Government will do is get ahead of the curve to begin to see that certain standards are put in place voluntarily or otherwise in order to bring a bit--well, hopefully to bring some of…

The betrayal of trust is no less when human trafficking is involved in building the stadiums where our athletes compete.

The breadth of these violations I think has been somewhat inadvertently lost in these proceedings.

In my view, this hearing is really only a beginning of an inquiry that the Congress has a responsibility to conduct.

Now is the time for the United States and the U.S. Soccer Federation to engage and determine how we can encourage meaningful reforms.

Mr. Bery, would you agree that American corporate sponsors have turned a blind eye to the alleged human rights abuses and potential deaths of migrant workers involved in human trafficking in the World Cup host nations.

I respectfully suggest that that may be something you want to consider more seriously.

Today's hearing is a first step, and I want to thank all of you for being here today.

What has been revealed so far is a mafia-style crime syndicate in charge of the sport.