We should work together to put down the thugocrats like Hugo Chavez.

How about we tell Nicaragua that if you want the support of the United States, you must stand for freedom and democracy.

I believe that the OAS is a hindrance to democracy in Latin America.

We should withdraw from the OAS, we should stop funding the OAS.

This administration has failed, has failed on that mission.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for this hearing, and I also want to associate myself with your opening remarks.

There is no leadership. It is so muddled.

I submit to you that these drug cartels are terrorizing the school and the children and those schools.

I mean, most people recognize that the cartels' activity has gotten worse, that they are using every tool available to displace government.

We cannot continue to sit back and watch the growth of these cartels and their criminal insurgent activities in Mexico because it put not only the people of the United States at risk, our freedom, security and prosperity, but also the…

The deal that is on the table makes the hole deeper. And so don't -- you shouldn't expect people who believe that we should balance the budget to vote for a deal that makes the hole deeper.