Johnny Isakson

Well, I want to conclude, unless the Senator from Mississippi has anything to add.

I thank the Senator from Mississippi for his stories, which are true and to the point. My story was about two small businesses. And I thank the Senator physician from the great State of Wyoming, and I would ask if he has any additional…

Yes, that is correct. Peace Corps volunteers need contact information for 24 hour access to the Office of Victim Advocacy, and this is what we intend by a hotline.

It is a good time for me to repeat what I said at the beginning. I am proud to be building on the success of No Child Left Behind, and I am proud that Senator Alexander has taken leadership on this committee to move forward on this…

So my point is very simply this: We can help to balance our trade deficit. We can help to increase employment in the southeastern United States. We can help poultry, we can help pork, and we can help beef. It has been 968 days since the…

I ask for unanimous consent for 5 additional minutes to close. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

We cannot wait any longer. The Helping Responsible Homeowners Act will be good for borrowers, good for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and good for the economy.

It was to create stability where stability does not exist.

The cost is far greater to the country for somebody to default on the loan and have it foreclosed on than it ever would be a loss to help them stay in the house.

There are 10,900,000 American homeowners who are underwater right now today.

Let us get out in front of this crisis. We are, you know, a dime late and a dollar short.

This will save you money. You know, this will save Fannie and Freddie $100 million.

I think it is the right minimum number. I don't think any lower downpayment would be--I wouldn't--given the experiences we have seen and the history I had in the industry.

We will never get our job market back until construction comes back.

If QRM stays the way it is, and it only applies to loans with 20 percent down or more... it greatly eliminates the amount of 90 and 95 percent conventional financing.

It will put pressure on FHA, Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae to the extent they can't stand it.

The QRM rule is a well-intended rule that has devastating consequences.

But it is important with this many people at threat of losing their lives that we have an expedited procedure to the maximum extent possible.

I wanted to be quite clear. I understand that it is important that the administration and our country do everything they can to prohibit U.S. aid getting into terrorist hands.

Mr. Konyndyk, I want to ask you a specific question regarding what you referred to as a systemic problem in the administration regarding licensing.

But there is still some difficulty of getting it there.

In Somalia, after that issue, it is still a pretty dangerous place, and al-Shabaab has used violence and intimidation to carry out its intent.

Is there any security for NGOs provided either U.N.-wise or by the African Union in terms of getting the material into Somalia?

We must also consider global issues of greater humanitarian concern, especially when millions of lives are at risk and tens of thousands have already died.

This is a children's crisis. There are hundreds of thousands of children on the verge of death suffering from severe malnutrition in the Horn of Africa.