There is a difference between high wealth individuals who may have acceptable limitations and regular middle-class families that this would be an economic body blow to.

Budgets are also about values, from my perspective. It reflects what we believe as a country.

long-term unemployment could have serious consequences for individuals and their families and can permanently impair the growth prospects for our economy.

I think the next step should be the United States working more closely with development organizations such as USAID, the World Bank, the African Development Bank to put structures in place that would facilitate the use of DRC's mineral…

I think there are three things I believe the United States can do to enhance prospects for sustainable peace, shared prosperity, and effective democratic governance in the DRC.

This hearing will come to order.

I think the creative use of partnerships--the public-private partnership alliance is an example of this--could achieve a lot in this regard.

I think episodic interventions tend to be wasteful and could be counterproductive.

What would be the consequences of letting TRIA expire for communities in this country that build or operate critical infrastructure such as rail lines, power plants, highways, airports, pipelines?

If terrorists attack the country, the United States has a national interest in minimizing the economic harm they inflict.

We have a two-mile stretch that contains the largest container port, the mega-port of the East Coast, one of the busiest set of airports in the country.

What would be the consequences of having no Federal backstop in terms of insurance to regions like that in our country, that are drivers and a great part of our economy?