Jeanne Shaheen

Is there an opportunity for small businesses to engage with the Office of Advocacy on the proposed rule?

What happens in Central America is very important to the United States also.

So they are not working very well?

I think it is a critical priority for our counternarcotics effort to improve the capabilities of the countries in Central America.

In New Hampshire, we have a higher percentage of overdose deaths than the rest of the country for our population.

I certainly would agree with that.

Thank you both for being here today and for your work every day to address the challenges in Central America.

Should we then look at suspending aid?

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

Can you cite a time in the past when the U.N. has demanded action, if the troop-contributing countries have failed to act?

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

We're still hoping that you might be able to come to New Hampshire and talk about some of these new developments.

Because Europe is ahead of us on this, which is disappointing to see. Good for people in Europe, but we want to catch up with that.

Thank you for your leadership.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I very much appreciated getting a copy of this NIH-wide Strategic Plan.

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.

I think we have been very slow at the national level to respond in the way that this epidemic deserves.