we do not continue to treat a symptom and not a causative agent or the underlying cause of the problems

All I am saying is get rid of those resolutions and you can have the foreign assistance back.

What is being done as far as industry or business development in that area and are we focussing on that?

We need to work with our partners in doing it because the United States can play an important role on this but it is not something that we can do alone.

Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleagues for joining me tonight to talk about foreign aid and saving hard-earned American taxpayers' dollars. With April 15 fast approaching, Americans will be filling out their tax returns and sending a…

I appreciate the gentleman form Pennsylvania and your passion on that also. This is the time, like you brought up and we have talked about, $17.5 trillion roughly in debt, if we go back to when we first got here, all being freshman, one of…

I appreciate your participation in this and your leadership on so many other things that you have done. Thank you for being here. I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

It is a gift, and it is also not constitutional, and it doesn't say in there that we need to do that. So we need to look at all these things that we are doing, and that is why I say this is a time for a paradigm shift in foreign aid. What…

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the Special Order of Ms. Kaptur. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection…

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas for your passion. I think it is so true, that we see this so many times. You said that foreign aid is not--it's a gift from the American taxpayers.

I want to just also reiterate a heartfelt thank you for the work you guys have done, not only with the Department of Agriculture, but with the Committee here.