Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate it.

As I listen to people talk about the Stark rules, I am just reminded of my service in the House of Representatives with Chairman Stark and being lectured--being educated--by him as to the importance of these rules.

first I thank Senator Whitehouse for his extraordinary work on an issue that affects the United States and the global community, and that is the reality of climate change and the impact it is having on the United States and on the global…

Of course, one of the things that we recognize is that budgets are going to be tight in health care.

This is a very active committee. We move a lot of things out of here and, hopefully, we can do this for the medical profession as well.

The list includes the American Seed Trade Association, the National Farmers Union, the Biotechnology Industry Organization, the National Association of Wheat Growers, the National Corn Growers Association, the American Soybean Association…

I come to the floor today as the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to discuss the importance of treaties to the United States and to express my strong support for the ratification of a number of treaties whose…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Treaties

We are not doing a country any favor if we give them aid and it is not being used for its intended purpose.

I am prepared to cut off funds if we are not getting the intended results and if we do not have governance improvement.

I think this committee could be helpful, if we could get into a regular practice of State Department authorization.

Development assistance is one of the most important tools we have to ensure that we are promoting economic growth, stability, and security in the developing world.

With these relatively small investments, we have set goals of reducing maternal and child deaths, creating an AIDS-free generation and scaling up our investments to combat a host of global health challenges.

We must make these investments not just because it is the right thing to do, but also because it helps contribute to economic growth and, just as importantly, stability.

It is difficult to get communities to cooperate with law enforcement to deal with extremists in their community.

But rather than reinventing the wheel, why do we not just take the model that was used in trafficking?

How should we deal with that?

This hearing is particularly important as we deal with corruption and how we can come together with greater administration action.

The impact of the Sergei Magnitsky Act in spotlighting human rights abuses in Russia is visible.

I have zero confidence that if the Haitian Government tells us we want you to work through this group versus that group, that there is not some deep element of corruption or even political influence at play.

I also want to join the chairman in thanking you for the testimony. And I agree with much of what both of you have stated.

We want our development assistance to be a help to a country and not fuel corruption.

The Magnitsky Act holds such abusers to account in ways that beleaguered Russian institutions cannot.

I believe that and I was told by the U.S. Ambassador that Putin watches videos of Qaddafi.

We have spoken out in many regions and in many countries with resolutions from this committee that clearly go on the record as to our concerns.