John F. Kerry: “I want to welcome our witnesses and everybody here, for what I consider to be an extraordinarily important hearing.”

I apologize very much for being late. I expected to be on time, but I was meeting with some of the families, military families of kids who were in Iraq

We will do everything in our power to help you, and I think your last comment is very important.

In an effort to try to make sure it doesn't, we put a provision in the amendment that authorizes the SBA to make the supplemental loans for Katrina victims that included oversight protections.

Time and again, this administration has tried to leave the American people with the impression that Iraq has well over 100,000 fully trained, fully competent military police and personnel. And that is simply not true.