Bob Menendez

With an increase in funding, the program can support more research into screening, early diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer.

But my sense is that that is not going to meet the challenge before us, and I hope that we are thinking prospectively about what else we need to do or be ready to do.

The Federal Government failed to act on the warning signs about the home foreclosure crisis.

I see this as the next looming crisis.

Yet, Madam Secretary, America's Ambassador to Turkey, Ambassador Jeffrey, very recently said in a newspaper interview that Turkey has 'security concerns on Cyprus.' Certainly, he can't be supporting this rationale for keeping Turkish…

If a regime, whether that be in China, whether that be in any other country in the world, can ultimately deter the United States from its engagement of human rights activists and political dissidents, then that pillar of our diplomacy…

I would hope that the United States would include the funding to bring--and I know they would love to go back and participate--a significant number of Haitian-American police into the U.N. police force there.

It really annoyed me to see... political classes in Haiti taking the opportunity of a tragedy to... criticize.

As all your testimonies talk about looking at this opportunity--out of tragedy, an opportunity to help Haiti with its institutions...

I think we also have to keep in mind the fact that streamlined procedures... is a very important factor to consider.

My suspicion is that the estimate of needs is going to be well over $10 billion.

President Preval has been complaining for 4 years that the United States has not responded in providing him help on interdicting drug trafficking.

I think that the fact that there is no rivalry on Haiti in Washington right now is a positive fact, and it will help us to, I think, respond better to trying to push Haiti to be a little more unified in this.

I would strongly urge that there be, at the very least, a premeeting that includes them and gets their ideas for some of these issues, going forward.

In the rush to help, are we missing lessons from past disasters, and that sometimes moving... we cause bigger problems and miss big opportunities?

So, instead of a threat, it would be welcomed.

We need a mid-level technician with this kind of experience, and we're going to fund you for 2 years.

One of the fundamental failures in Haiti was that many of the policies we took here undermined Haitian agriculture for the long term.

Your comment raises the last question that I have.

I think you've given us a lot of food for thought here, and a lot of opportunities to think about how we work with the administration and move forward in a way that can ultimately enhance the lives of the people of Haiti, both now and in…

A lot of great ideas here, and we appreciate it.

I think a lot of what gets done right now is going to be critically important to laying the foundation as to whether we can keep the commitment that is necessary.

And I hope the financial institutions, those that are here and others, understand that because they would be far better served in helping us strike the right balance on the pendulum than going ahead and just fighting us tooth and nail.

The 22 banks that received the greatest amount of TARP funding have dropped their small business lending portfolio by $10 billion over the past 6 months.

But I have to be honest with you. I was reading through the written testimonies and I get a sense that while we take--it is like a Texas two-step. We claim the veneer of saying that we understand and need reform. And then we have so many…