Mark Meadows

It's hard to go back and talk to the people back home who have lost their homes, who have lost their jobs and with any clear conscience at all justify any part of this behavior.

And quite frankly, I find your apology today hollow. It's not enough. You know, an honorable man would do more than that.

Thank you, Chairman Davis, and thank you, General Walsh, for being here.

We needed to put an emphasis to strengthen, I guess, the priority within the State Department where human rights gets the same, I guess, influence that the trade side of the State Department gets.

We cannot move forward with a GSP status as long as these issues are unsettled and Vietnam is unwilling to seriously address human rights issues.

Should that money be more spent on the encouragement of property rights and the formalization of this informal sector to once again grow?

I truly am impressed, not only with your ability to articulate the points but to get to the crux of the matter.

I hope my colleagues will join me in rejecting this misguided proposal.

The board itself pushed for these reforms, and how rare is that that you have a governing body pushing for this type of change?

I take you at your word but also see it in your passion in your eyes that you are willing to invest that wisely.

We are here today to address a disease that has been a scourge on humanity for almost our entire history.

And yet we are still threatened by this dictatorship of North Korea. The only American contact I think we have had is Dennis Rodman, showing up there to play some basketball.

The European Union has been a tremendous partner in our efforts to apply sanctions on Iran.

And some analysts, Ambassador Sherman, have indicated that as Iran walks away from these negotiations, the deals typically get sweeter.

If we were to put forth a piece of legislation today that says Congress changed its mind because this is not a wise investment of hardworking American taxpayers' dollars, would you endorse that?

What I would tell my constituents, I would say TWIC is a valuable security tool.

So when we have this technology, is this something that could be viable long-term, or are we going to be spending another $3.2 billion five years from now to replace readers?

All right, so we are talking about $23 million there for the pilot, is that correct?

Well, I know that maritime constitutes salt water, generally; not always, but many times salt water.

Thank you to the ranking member, Mr. Connolly, who has, over and over again, expressed a willingness to work in a bipartisan way to cut out waste, fraud, and abuse.

So if we had a congressional liaison that would work with these type of cases, to work with some of our other colleagues, to inform them and keep this in the forefront, is that something that would be useful?

Hearings with actions make sense. Hearings with inaction are really a waste of time.

I can assure you that, from a legislative standpoint, I will work with my colleagues opposite here to make sure that we act on those.

We are serious. And even if it goes beyond the normal just waiting, Congress is serious about resolving this.

I am a little troubled when we start talking about international law and its attack on U.S. sovereignty.