Tom Udall actually said...

I just want to tell you how much I appreciate you calling this hearing because I think what you are trying to do is get to the bottom of wha...

I do not want this to just be a downer here.

This is a very important hearing, and I appreciate both of you working together on this and bringing these issues forward.

Any engagement you can do with the Tanzanian Government would be critical--I just want to reiterate the scale of killing there--50,000 eleph...