Mark Meadows

Thank you for your service to our country, not only here but in the Navy as well.

What I am interested in hearing from you this morning is how can we help provide a standard.

The majority of Egyptians are not looking favorably at the U.S. these days.

The paradigm has shifted from the old era in which diplomacy was based on the lesser of two evils.

I believe in sovereignty. It is one of those things that is foundational to our American way of democracy.

How can we communicate most effectively a desire to address the human rights issues, but at the same time a love for the Chinese people?

They are the love of the motherland of China.

I guess my question becomes, as I mentioned earlier, we have had a number of hearings where this is a reoccurring theme, where we have human rights abuses that continue to happen in China.

I want to just say thank you.

We will not stop until families have been reunited.

This is a story that needs to continue to be told.

My commitment to each one of you is that as discussions go on with those in official positions in China, that not a single one of those conversations or negotiations will happen with my staff or me without the faces of each one of you…

Let us continue on in the effort of the William Wilberforces of the world.

I want to thank each one of you and just say as a father, speaking on behalf of your fathers, I am proud of you.

Some 30 million people would still be without insurance even under ACA.

It is hard when we start talking in millions to really recognize the size, but it is the size of the State of Oregon.

There is very little that is bipartisan in this town, and time and time and time again I find that on this committee.

It is time that you start working a cost-effective way for the American people.

Decisions are being made every day in this city that we wouldn't make--moms, single moms back in my district, wouldn't make the same decisions.

Making decisions on behalf of the American people need to be made as if you were spending your own personal dollars.

I don't want to further exacerbate that.

One does not constitute the will of the American people.

Are you aware of the 2011 resolution?

Why did you make that decision?

Is it a moot point, is it not?