Well, I thank you for your indulgence. I thank you all again for being here today, and I think there will be a broader conversation one day about the structure of the program in general, but right now we want to make the program we have in…

HUD clearly needs to do a better job to find these problems before they reach a boiling point.

I wanted to take a moment to thank a key member of my office who, after more than 4 years of service to the people of Florida, is leaving us tomorrow to pursue a new career opportunity. Rob Noel started in our office's communications shop…

I wish to cover something that happened today. A revelation was just made a few hours ago at a hearing in the House. I will give the history of this. As we all know, after the President's opening toward Cuba, there was increased travel to…

I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Air Travel to and from Cuba

I do not know of any advanced economy in the world that is successful marginalizing over half its population.

I think we have got to work with other countries to encourage them to do more, and I think we have got to do this work which we are trying to do at the State Department.

I urge you to escalate this work to improve the lives of adolescent girls globally.

My concern is more those countries where, at the regional or local level, there really just is not a commitment.

We need to do more. We must continue to focus in areas where this practice is most prevalent.

I believe deeply the world is a safer and a better place and Americans are more prosperous when our country is able to lead, and our alliances are a critical component in that leadership.

If that is how they feel about that, getting them to prioritize and actually do something about child marriage at that level of government I would imagine is a heavy lift.