Jean Schmidt: “China's one-child policy breeds a culture of forced abortions and involuntary sterilization.”

I think what--the purpose of this--these hearings are to get Amtrak to understand that we do not have an unending pot of gold here to help you remain operational.

I am concerned about what happened on September 11th, not for political reasons but for security reasons.

First off, my heart goes out to the families of those who lost their loved ones, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Foreign Officer Sean Smith, U.S. Security Officers Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods.

With Russia becoming more antagonistic and exerting more influence on its neighbors in Central Asia and China, aggressively expanding its economic footprint in the region, it is absolutely necessary that we, too, become more engaged in the…