You do not need a lobbying disclosure form to simply seek information and clarification about a bill.

I do not think it is to disrupt American business. I think it is to disrupt the economies of those countries.

So there was lobbying here.

I would hope you would do so, and I would be willing to hear your response for the record, because I think it is important.

Strong protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights is essential to incentivizing and compensating American artists.

Do you believe that Palestinians ultimately have a right in some form and fashion to self-governing themselves?

I appreciate the chairman who has been supportive of some of my efforts when we were marking up here on USAID.

There is a real genuine desire to work with this committee, members of Congress, to further the missions of the United States in the countries that you represent.

Do you believe the dignity of a Palestinian woman is the same as the dignity of a Jewish woman?

If confirmed, I will encourage the administration to look closely at all of the tools at its disposal to shape China's troubling behavior in the South China Sea.

I take the issue of parental child abduction very seriously.

The Developing World Will Have Fewer American Engineers, Economists, Teachers, and Health Workers to Help Prepare for the Future.