Should we? Should we consider that kind of action, if we see repeated abuses and failure to take action?

Should we then look at suspending aid?

it also speaks to the importance of empowering women around the world and focusing on human rights for women and children

I think this will be, I believe, a wakeup call, at least for some.

But we need to spend a lot more time and effort with our diplomacy to convince governments, allies, that it is not just as a favor to us but it is in their interests to put in place good governance.

We've been less successful when it comes to governance, what many people call nation building

We've got to begin to realign our priorities so that we're focusing more on prevention than we are on reacting to the situation.

It is about our security and the impact of what's happening in Europe affecting us in the United States

I was very pleased Congress provided a significant increase in funding for NIH in last year's budget.

I was also very pleased that the NIH Institutional Development Award program received a significant increase.

I'm always concerned about the silos that I think too often we work in, in government and the need to coordinate and cooperate across agency portfolios.

In New Hampshire, we are experiencing the highest percentage of overdose deaths of any State in the country. It is not just an epidemic, I believe, but a pandemic.