Drinking water needs more, but you shouldn't be cutting the State Revolving Fund.

Since Putin took power in 2000, one Western administration after another declined to confront him on human rights.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate it very much and appreciate this hearing.

One could define fairness as the impact it has on middle-income families, and I agree with that.

The progressive consumption tax gets the corporate rate down to 17 percent.

we then use the subtraction method, which has been a very effective way of collecting taxes in other countries.

I think I will stop there. That is a good answer.

Of course, there are other countries that have done this.

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You are urging us to be patient, that this is going to take some time in order to achieve our mission of not only degrading, but destroying and defeating ISIL.

Here we are talking about a threat that was identified last year that we are currently combating, recognizing that the campaign or use of force may well go beyond 3 years.

And what is your confidence in the Government of Iraq and Baghdad and its ability to work with the Sunni tribal leaders to give them that type confidence that their centralized government represents their interests and protects their…

It is clear that there may well be a need for a continued military U.S. presence beyond that 3 years.

Would you agree that our success in Iraq in dealing with ISIL very much depends upon the Sunni tribes taking a leadership role in stopping the advancement of ISIL?

We cannot believe anything President Putin says about his intentions.

I would urge on the governance piece, which I think is going to be the most challenging considering the history of corruption, et cetera, that there be ways that we can evaluate whether progress, in fact, is being made.

I would just urge the administration to be more aggressive in providing the help to the Ukrainian people.

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