I think you need one.

I think you run into a comparable if not more severe challenge to the legitimacy of the body--of the entities that would be coming before the tribunal.

Last year there was a disagreement between the Administration and those of us in Congress on meeting the conditions of conditionality, but one thing is clear.

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I applaud your efforts on behalf of anti-corruption. I think that is critically important.

We are not going to let them blow up Bosnia.

It has been 28 years since the Dayton Accords, and the structure there was to end the conflict.

Twenty-eight years is a long time to be living under a bridge type of arrangement for governance.

How would you make sure Maryland's input is heard?

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the permitting process is there for a good reason

Thank you for your leadership on the Chesapeake Bay.

It is so important for the agencies to have the resources necessary to carry out our policies, and part of that is permitting.

I take it that was just a mistake, you didn't really mean that.

Thanks for that explanation. We will try to help you with getting it specifically called out.

I am glad to see a significant increase in the President's budget. This has been a bipartisan effort in our Committee.

Including the expansion, I hope, into the southern part of our State.

this week is Public Service Recognition Week--a week we have set aside each year since 1985 to recognize and honor public servants. I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep, heartfelt gratitude to America's 20 million…

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I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas and nays have been requested. There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 49…

My advice to you is, make sure it is in collaboration with the workers and their representatives.

There have been some really disturbing trends that I want to talk about in regard to the work force.

We really do need to figure out how we can staff these challenging missions with adequate resources to have the attention we need to avoid conflicts.