Hal Rogers: “I thank the gentleman for those comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the chairman of the Interior Subcommittee…”

While you are having so much trouble operating abroad, and don't appear to be receiving the necessary support from the administration, how can we be assured that we are making a smart investment in the agency at this time?

It was very clear, Mr. Chairman, to people on two continents that this Kentucky delegation was serious about its constituent's well being and her need to be home.

My words were not acceptable and I expressed my regret to her, first and foremost.

Congress has the power of the purse. It has the gravitas and it has the onus and the impetus to act justly for America's stolen children.