I want to emphasize that. Thank you for saying that.

There has got to be some penalty for their behavior.

It is going to take some getting used to because for the last 2 years, our roles were reversed with myself as chairman and Mr. Mack as ranking member.

I really was disappointed in Honduras that the MCC compact was not renewed and I think it is especially egregious because a large reason why it was not renewed was because of the corruption that happened in the previous regime.

It doesn't seem fair to penalize Pepe Lobo, who I think is doing a very good job in terms of trying to get his country back to normal.

While those areas receive the most attention from the world's media, they are certainly no more important to the United States' national interest than what happens in Latin America.

I happen to think that they have some nerve rejecting him, quite frankly, and so I want to know about the status of that.

I think it is unhelpful, frankly, in Middle East peace.

I would like to ask a question about Egypt and also do Lebanon as well, because I wrote the Syria Accountability Act.

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