Mark Meadows

If we are going to make a statement we need to have teeth and action behind that statement, not just simply rhetoric that plays well in the media.

To truly have economic prosperity and economic freedom there first and must always be the protection of religious liberties and with human rights to make sure that those are protected and upheld in every situation.

The most important thing that Secretary Kerry could do on his trip coming up in just a few days is to highlight this particular issue diplomatically

We need to invest and break down the great firewall so that the Chinese people can freely speak.

I want to commend the chairman for bringing that up in that environment.

As we have a global economy, it is so important for us to look at the global situation as it relates to human rights.

North Korea's objective is to get those troops out.

The end game for the United States and for South Korea should be to seek the emergence of a united, free, open, democratic Korea with its official seat of government in Seoul.

I see my time has expired. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Well, I guess my concern is--following up from my first question, if there is not a plan that you are currently in dialogue with those stakeholders, as you say, and there is not any precise data, to come out and say that we have 90-minute…

We publicly say that this is something that we can't stand, but yet quietly we tolerate it.

What we need to do not only as a nation, but as a leader in the world to highlight this particular issue.

I would love for you all to comment on that. Thank you.

What leverage do we have besides just aid? Because I am afraid that we're sending the message both with sequester and I think frankly with this administration's actions that America is disengaging from the world.

Well, certainly. I mean, we're all in this together. We're all suffering together.

What is problematic for me is that over many years, we have talked a number of times about negotiation. And, yet, here we have the aggressor always being Israel.

I stand strongly behind our country's commitment to our stalwart ally Israel and to sustainable peace with her neighbors.

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I think the observation is correct. I think by and large the agencies take their mission seriously and they implement them well.

We want to make certain that those are seamless, that those are positive, that they are coordinated, they are not in conflict.

The natural resources of our country need to be protected, maintained and sustained, and that is the job of all of these land management agencies.

There is a certain appeal to blowing things up and starting over. But there are unintended consequences that come from that.

Climate change is already here. Our ecosystems have changed and you can document it through fire.