We deal with this terrible epidemic that we have that is not just domestic but worldwide in so many different ways.

It was disturbing when I saw the new PEW polling shows how drastically confidence in the United States President has eroded around the world.

Sometimes the difficulty with prevention is you can't quantify it in statistics, because if you prevented it you may never know what indeed was responsible for stopping it.

this is a great hearing. Between this committee and the Homeland Security Committee I am on, I spend a great deal of my time looking at issues of terrorism and it is a complex area.

Our prayers are with the victims of the shooting and the families that occurred yesterday.

this is indeed a major foreign policy decision.

I know that our witnesses both have scheduling issues on the back end of this.

Resources are also needed to support our humanitarian relief and to support development.

H.R. 535, the Taiwan Travel Act, would allow the President and Vice President, Foreign Minister, and Defense Minister to come here.

But one of my concerns is the fact that as China might move away from trade opportunities to try and pressure North Korea, Russia seems to be creeping in replacing that vacuum.

I want to congratulate you on your work in that regard.