"This bill, Mr. Chairman, is a clean reauthorization and would not increase government spending."
"I think the problem that we are discussing today is one more reason that the House needs to finish its work on the bill."
"The chairman and I have tried to conduct this committee as the most bipartisan committee in the Congress because we believe that foreign policy is bipartisan and differences need to stop at the water'..."
"We are very anxious. Many of us feel that more and more things are slipping away from what Congress is supposed to do and we don't like it and don't think it is good for the country."
"Thank you for sponsoring this legislation."
"I applaud my friend and colleague Congressman Danny Davis and other colleagues that have done likewise--from Chicago--for his longtime advocacy for SCD health programs and his reintroduction of H.R. 1..."
"The President should have full faith with the National Security Advisor as a trusted confident."
"It has been 15 years since Congress sent a State Department authorization to the President."
"The NSC staff itself should not be carrying out the policy. That responsibility rests with the cabinet agencies."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"And I want to thank Dr. Morrison for being the most eloquent speaker on this that I have heard."