"Each of your agencies is playing a vital response to this crisis, and I would especially like to express our gratitude to the military personnel and the aid workers who are in west Africa assisting in this crisis."
"The survivor population, a group that endured some of the greatest horrors in history, is now one of our most vulnerable."
"Let me be clear: Mr. Rubin is right."
"I nevertheless want to continue to urge you to press the Iranians, as I know you do at every meeting, for any information on Mr. Levinson and urge them to show some humanity and some good faith by per..."
"We must get an accurate understanding of the needs of the community, not the needs based on limitations imposed by existing agreements."
"I want to thank you for being such a tremendous advocate and a partner in our efforts to ensure that every single survivor can live out their lives in dignity."
"I certainly think that the renewal process of an exemption is something that could be modified and streamlined"
"What began in Libya as the successful overthrow of the dictator Muammar Gaddafi has tragically devolved into an environment that appears to have put the country on the brink of becoming a failed state..."
"The prospect of Libya as a terrorist safe haven isn't just a U.S. problem."
"I hope over the course of this hearing you will have an opportunity to speak to the broader issue."
"I would like to have a classified hearing."