Johnny Isakson

One of the things that impressed me was, I believe I'm right, it's pronounced Umuganda Sunday.

I think the Embassy is doing quite a job on it already, are the laws against divisionism or genocide denial, which are somewhat ambiguous.

If confirmed, some of the areas I would look at in particular are building strong institutions, fostering rule of law, and good governance.

The stewardship of the United States taxpayers' money, in terms of foreign assistance and foreign service, is going to be--not that we haven't been good stewards, but it's even more important now, given the difficult pressure on the…

The biggest challenge we're going to have as a committee is to be able to sustain United States investment in foreign assistance at a level where it makes sense and it makes a difference.

The second biggest challenge for all of us is to get our arms around corruption in Africa and the importance of those governments to reduce corruption.

President Kagame in Rwanda has done a remarkable job in transforming a nation from genocide to democracy.

Africa's vast array of potential opportunities makes it the continent of the 21st century for the United States.

Botswana is a country that the United States sees as a shining star.

We have got to treat Somalia with a higher sense of priority in my view.

I look forward to working with Senator Coons, and he will be a great chairman, I am confident.

There may be, as Senator Isakson said, a sort of a commodity value to the information they have that's sufficient to encourage them.

He used to run a company. They advertised.

I'm assuming based on what I've heard in the testimony that probably the most effective way to protect the consumer would be give them a mechanism to protect themselves.

But you also--do you also monitor news media and reports and then follow up based on whether or not it appears to fall under your responsibility?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

They have been a great partner with the United States in trying to seek out peace in the Middle East.

The Swedes have refused to purchase and have stopped the purchase of Syrian petroleum.

I think it sends an important and global message to the Iranians through that tool.

I think it is important to note that we leveraged that to get the north Sudanese to actually come to the table.

Well, Abyei probably is the single biggest challenge to South Sudan and north Sudan developing a peaceful future.

I hope it goes to new heights for that country, but there are lots of challenges and your leadership is going to be critical.

As the GAO has repeatedly noted for the better part of the past decade, efforts from the Federal level are far too disparate lacking coordination and coherence, ultimately leading to a confusing mess of inefficient programs.

Some people's expectations are actually lowered by the system.

The QRM amendment which Senator Hagan, myself, and Senator Landrieu wrote, is very specific in what the theme of the requirements shall be in terms of underwriting.